This article strikes a somewhat pessimistic tone, but let me offer some thoughts. First, electricity might be cheaper overall down here but there are times when we REALLY NEED it - see ERCOT and MISO recently. So wind could be combined with large-scale storage like hydrogen. And you’d qualify for 45V tax credits even under the strictest additionality stipulations! There’s plenty of pore space out there for storage. https://heatmap.news/economy/gulf-mexico-leases-offshore-wind

Here’s Mason preparing his first mud squeezing sample. Really sticky goop from right below the seafloor. Fun times in the Daigle lab. #geology

We set up our first consolidation test with the cores from the Cape Fear Slide. Our precious mud is in the sample chamber waiting to be squeezed. This will tell us compressibility & permeability & help us understand how fluids move around and how submarine landslides occur. #geology

We should stop using colors to describe hydrogen.

Japan getting in on #offshorewind: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/Japan-offshore-wind-power-auction-seen-drawing-bids-from-Itochu-Tokyo-Gas?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content

I’m giving a free webinar on #hydrogen storage on July 11 at noon central time. Details on how to join here: conta.cc/44dh9Lq #energymastodon

If any of y’all are in Houston and have wrinkly shirts, now’s the time to go hang them outside.

One of my grad students passed away over break. This is so sad for everyone- the family, obviously, but also the grad student community here, my immediate students, and me. Your students are someone’s friends, siblings, children. I was a grad student not long ago. #academic