Seaver Wang

@wang_seaver

Director, Climate and Energy at @TheBTI. 王思維. He/him. Oceanographer turned solution seeker. Ecomodernism is the way. PhD in Earth and Ocean Sciences.

Washington D.C. thebreakthrough.org/people/seaver-… Joined September 2019

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Seaver Wang @wang_seaver Oct 15

Despite hype, reprocessing of mine tailings is generally unlikely to yield economic production of critical minerals.

Shown here: global mine site sample data for antimony, gallium, lithium, and tin. Economic ranges in blue.

It’s rare for a single report to put an end to a bad policy idea, but I’m hopeful this tour de force from my colleague @PeterCookBTI does just that. Policymakers should not misinterpret mine tailings as a meaningful solution for critical minerals security. 🧵

Seaver Wang @wang_seaver 9h

"Meatposting is bad for climate vibes." - I sleep.

"Pick another protien? Shieee--I'd rather pick another senator instead." - Real shit.

Congratulations to Scott Colom, newly-elected Democratic Senator from Mississippi!

Joe Verified account @JoePostingg Nov 4

They're going to study this ad for centuries

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Seaver Wang @wang_seaver 14h

Phasing out existing nuclear plants and replacing them with renewables is literally anti-environmental policy. Best case, it costs additional CO2 to manufacture and install the replacing wind/solar to generate the same amount of clean power. Meanwhile, those wind/solar installations could alternatively have been used to displace fossil energy.

And more likely than not, the timing and magnitude of renewables replacing nuclear would be imperfect, with added gas generation filling in the gaps.

Adam Blazowski ⚛🌬🌞⚡🌆🛡🦌🌲 @AdamBlazowski 3d

It is not possible to lead a proenvironment policy and advocate a phaseout of nuclear power at the same time.

Several reports and analysis show this would not only waste current low carbon energy generation in France, it would also increase CO2 emissions.

Misguided!
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Seaver Wang @wang_seaver 16h

David Roberts, notable fossil fuel lobbyist and big tech enthusiast. 🙄

A certain degree of looking for monsters under the bed is healthy for democracy, but people have veered into inventing monsters from thin air.

austerity is theft @wideofthepost 16h

There is no path to passing this current awful bill through the Dem house next term, that's why all of the fossil fuel and big tech lobbies are so insanely motivated to get it rammed through now. Its flaws will be blamed on all the compliant Dems and it will never be fixed later.
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Seaver Wang @wang_seaver 19h

David is right here--there is no path to passing a "better" permitting bill next Congress, let alone one that Trump would sign.