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Russell Gold
@russellgold
Rhymes w/ hustle. Slinging words @T1_Energy. Former journalist @TexasMonthly @WSJ. Author russellgold.net/about, flanuer.
- Imagine if a gallon of gas in OK City was $2.90 and $65 in Dallas. This is the situation for electricity right now. Because there is no national grid.Compare and contrast.
- Here comes the next big boom in Texas. There's lithium under the bayous of northeast Texas, possible world-class deposits. My latest for @TexasMonthly
- Journalism in 2024, a story (in a 🧵) about chutzpah. Nine months ago, I wrote a story about what I called the Great Sweetwater Blade Boneyard. It was about a company that promised it would recycle wind turbine blades, but … didn’t.
- It's Texas, were 24 hours from a hard freeze and it's Mad Max: H-E-B out here.
- Renewables aren't reliable? This is the last 30 days of solar on the @ERCOT_ISO grid. That looks pretty reliable to me. Data from @grid_status
- Fascinating insight from @IEA : post-COVID work from home has depressed global oil demand as much as rising electric vehicle usage.
- Two things crystal clear this AM on ERCOT grid: 1) Everyone underestimated demand. By a lot. 2) We're flying blind on gas. No way to see if gas delivery is flowing or freezing.
- A story about Texas using $5 billion in taxpayer for new natural gas plants ... and it's not pretty. Big old hat tip to @douglewinenergy for reading the regulatory filings. 🧵
- More than a hundred abandoned oil & gas wells are sitting in the middle of Trinity Bay, rusting away and visited mostly by the occasional pelican. And they're beginning to fall apart and leak. My story (w/ some great photos) -->
- I signed up to be a paid propagandist/social influencer for Ken Paxton. And I was paid $100. I thought it would make a fun story, but now I deeply regret what I did.
- BREAKING: California Gov. Newsom signs executive order ending sales of fossil-fueled cars in the state by 2035.
- Today is my last day at @WSJ (tho I still have a story to run.) 21 yrs went by in a second. No regrets, except for that one lede. Next stop: @TexasMonthly covering ... Texas Bidness! B/c if you can't find great energy, climate & business stories in Texas, you're not trying.
