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Climate Science & Energy Systems

Beyond doom and beyond denial. The actual physics and economics.

Grid engineering, energy density, climate models, decarbonization tradeoffs. For people who want to think clearly about the most important systems story of the century.

Curation rubric (what the LLM is told to look for)

Reward: numerical reasoning (W/m², kWh, EROI, etc), discussion of tradeoffs, primary literature citations, system-level analysis. Penalize: pure doom, pure denial, single-technology hype (hydrogen-will-save-us, etc), tribalism-bait.

Seed channels
  • @JustHaveaThink
  • @simonclark
  • @SabineHossenfelder
  • @EngineeringWithRosie

Top picks · 3

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Energy return on energy invested (EROI) across sources

@JustHaveaThink · 15:00

Why this is here

Scored 91/100 on substance — among the top 5% indexed for Climate Science & Energy Systems. Heavy use of primary sources and explicit reasoning chains.

Key takeaways
  • Key claim is supported with on-screen evidence (data, citations, or worked examples)
  • Avoids the most common shallow framing of the topic
  • Specifically covers: energy return on energy invested (eroi) across sources
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Grid storage: lithium vs. iron-air vs. pumped hydro

@simonclark · 19:00

Why this is here

Scored 88/100. Strong technical depth on a narrow question — recommended once you're past the introductory material.

Key takeaways
  • Key claim is supported with on-screen evidence (data, citations, or worked examples)
  • Avoids the most common shallow framing of the topic
  • Specifically covers: grid storage: lithium vs. iron-air vs. pumped hydro
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What climate models actually compute

@SabineHossenfelder · 23:00

Why this is here

Scored 86/100. Strong technical depth on a narrow question — recommended once you're past the introductory material.

Key takeaways
  • Key claim is supported with on-screen evidence (data, citations, or worked examples)
  • Avoids the most common shallow framing of the topic
  • Specifically covers: what climate models actually compute

Also strong · 2

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The math of carbon capture: kWh per ton

@EngineeringWithRosie · 27:00

Why this is here

Scored 82/100. Strong technical depth on a narrow question — recommended once you're past the introductory material.

Key takeaways
  • Key claim is supported with on-screen evidence (data, citations, or worked examples)
  • Avoids the most common shallow framing of the topic
  • Specifically covers: the math of carbon capture: kwh per ton
79·StrongPlaceholder

Solar panel degradation curves at 20-year scale

@JustHaveaThink · 31:00

Why this is here

Scored 79/100. Useful introductory framing with some hand-waving in the technical sections — pair it with deeper sources from this topic.

Key takeaways
  • Key claim is supported with on-screen evidence (data, citations, or worked examples)
  • Avoids the most common shallow framing of the topic
  • Specifically covers: solar panel degradation curves at 20-year scale