As someone with passing familiarity with the U.K. political landscape, I can confidently predict that ARIA will not amount to much, and that the exact same politicians constantly saying government should be more entrepreneurial will apply their usual mixture of ridiculous oversight, neglect and punishing failure that produces the current outcomes and cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy will continue.
The rise of ‘ARPA-everything’ and what it means for science (2021)
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Re: The rise of ‘ARPA-everything’ and what it means for science (2021)
#22I’ve absolutely loved working with ARPA-E in my job and I cannot imagine why we would create ARPA-C. Anyone in ARPA-E will tell you they are fundamentally working on climate. They also do some energy security stuff but I they would all be very dissatisfied if it got paired down to that. ARPA-H sounds like a great idea, I hope it’s well executed!
Well climate != clean energy. It would be great if there were people looking at climate change in truly innovative ways. But if it's a lot of the same-old, wrapped in a new ribbon it's going to be a disappointment. And honestly there is a huge disconnect between the dire warnings we're getting and the actions we're taking. If it truly is an existential crisis, better wind turbines and solar panels that are 2x more ef…
I think ARPA-E is actually already working on climate apart from energy. I have seen their researchers talking about everything from low-land-usage/climate-resilient agriculture methods to carbon capture.