Ramez Naam

Ramez Naam

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Managing Partner, Planetary VC; clean energy investor; author; SingularityU Energy & Environment co‑chair

Cooling Credits Offer 1‑Million‑to‑One Climate Impact
SocialFeb 22, 2026

Cooling Credits Offer 1‑Million‑to‑One Climate Impact

A million to one ratio is pretty sweet, tbh. Proud to buy cooling credits from these guys - paying to reflect a miniscule fraction of sunlight back into space. The only possible way to halt climate change at 1.5C.

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Scale Up, Shift Risk: Fix Nuclear Incentives
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Scale Up, Shift Risk: Fix Nuclear Incentives

I want nuclear to succeed. And right now almost every nuclear project in the Western world is an unmitigated disaster. The only way out of this is to both fix the economic incentives (customers can not hold the bag for...

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Flatlined Power Output Signals Efficiency, Not Decline
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Flatlined Power Output Signals Efficiency, Not Decline

Demand is what dominates these electricity charts. Supply has followed demand in the US. Stop posting flatlined generation graphs as if they're evidence of US decline or stagnation. They're evidence of US efficiency and a switch to a knowledge economy.

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Batteries Will Outpace Solar as Energy’s Top Technology
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Batteries Will Outpace Solar as Energy’s Top Technology

Batteries are the most important and fastest scaling energy technology of the 21st century. They're destined to be even bigger and more important than solar.

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Primary Energy Misleads; Seek More Accurate Efficiency Metrics
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Primary Energy Misleads; Seek More Accurate Efficiency Metrics

Primary energy is a terrible measure that glazes fossil fuels, most of whose energy is lost as waste heat. Here's how we can do better.

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Global Heating Uses More Energy, yet Cooling Hurts the Poor
SocialFeb 16, 2026

Global Heating Uses More Energy, yet Cooling Hurts the Poor

Heating is a larger global energy use than cooling. But the cooling burden falls disproportionately on the world's poor.

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Tesla Robotaxi Likely by 2026, Timeline Remains Uncertain
SocialFeb 14, 2026

Tesla Robotaxi Likely by 2026, Timeline Remains Uncertain

Tesla will get to a working robotaxi eventually, but it's difficult to say when. My 50th percentile is end of 2026, but the variance is high. It could be in a few months. It could be a few years. We'd...

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Rising Energy Demand Calls for Cutting Red Tape
SocialFeb 12, 2026

Rising Energy Demand Calls for Cutting Red Tape

This is the important energy graph, not the one showing generation flat. We've had a couple decades of little to no demand growth. But now that we have growing demand again, we must cut the red tape and build.

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