Bending the Curve Towards a Future
Jonah 
Cross-Browser Google Doc Scratchpad – Optimized for Chrome & Safari 1. The Universal Backend (Code.gs) This code lives in your Google Apps Script project. It handles the logic of finding today’s note, appending the text in a monospaced code block, and redirecting you to the document. JavaScript 2. Browser Bookmarklets Replace YOUR_WEB_APP_URL in the snippets below with your deployed … Read more
Santa Claus – A Global Logistics & Surveillance Capitalism A centralized, high-speed global distribution system for consumer goods, powered by ruminant bio-propulsion and supported by a ubiquitous behavioral surveillance grid. He collects biometric and behavioral data (‘sleeping’, ‘awake’, ‘bad’, ‘good’) on 2 billion future consumers. The ‘Toy’ delivery is a loss leader for the data. … Read more
Mati Carbon uses Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) in tropical agriculture. They spread crushed basalt on fields; the heat, humidity, and root activity dissolve the rock, reacting with CO₂ to form stable bicarbonates that wash into the ocean. The chemistry is text-book. The challenge is “MRV” (Measurement, Reporting, Verification) in messy, open systems like flooded rice … Read more
ADM’s Carbon Capture Scam – Sticking a Cork in a Fermentation Tank Welcome to the premier of the Climate Response Bullshit Detection as a Service bot. We discuss ADM’s taxpayer-funded science experiment that worked great until the steel pipes started dissolving in 2024. It proves that ‘forever’ storage is a nice marketing slogan but a … Read more
If you’ve ever looked at a standard carbon capture plant, you know they usually look like a chemical refinery designed by a brutalist architect—miles of pipes, fans, and gray steel. SpiralWave decided to go a different route. They built a glowing, pulsing, sci-fi totem pole that looks like it should be powering a starship in … Read more
If you look at the headlines coming out of Europe right now, you’d be forgiven for thinking the continent is a collection of bankrupt states occupied by protesting farmers and a right wing resurgence. But if you look at the purchase orders, a different reality emerges. While the rest of the world debates whether the … Read more
Jonah Stein on the history of his Climate Capitalism Thesis that addressing climate change requires policies and incentives that unlock the creativity and dynamism of capitalism. Saving the human race isn’t enough; we need to help people make money by doing it. Here is answers the question, How did you get started in climate and … Read more
If you’re a U.S. based climate tech founder right now, you’re swimming upstream. Federal climate policies are being dismantled, industry lobbyists are back in the driver’s seat, and climate change is called left wing propaganda in Washington. Corporate America has bowed to MAGA attacks and retreated from ESG and climate goals. On the other side … Read more
The world doesn’t need hundreds of more billionaires—it needs hundreds of climate solutions at scale. Much of today’s climate tech is being shaped through the same hyper-concentrated venture capital system that brought us social media, digital monopolies, and exploding wealth inequality. It’s a system optimized for quarterly returns, short-term exits, blitzscaling, and “winner-takes-all” outcomes. That’s … Read more