US will see more new battery capacity than natural gas generation in 2023 https://arstechnica.com/?p=1916933&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Republican policies make things worse, example #102087598

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/27/murder-rate-high-trump-republican-states

Only five years late, but might be - barely - just in time if they move quickly. #Honda #EV division. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/honda-create-division-speed-up-electrification-development-2023-01-24/

MotorTrend provides a handy set of #Tesla #Semi spy photos. No doubt the #truck will shake up the competitive field and prompt a lot of improvements by current OEMs. I have doubts about how they will hold up during a 500,000 - 1,000,000 life and the ability to service them (not only the power train), but have to admit the window for #ICE #commercialvehicles is narrowing day-by-day. #EV https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/tesla-semi-interior-review/

@aristeon proto fascist intellectual who did huge damage, then evolved somewhat.

@Suig I hope you’re right, here’s some discussion. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23550366/ron-desantis-first-amendment-free-speech-woke-academic-freedom-new-college-florida

@Suig they’re not banning the sale, they’re directing the curricula. So technically not censorship or unconstitutional. But it is both idiotic and a cynical political pandering to the MAGA base.

@Fullnihilism Oh, no, it’s very different from the US, just easier for your first overseas trip. In any case, drop a pin on the world map and go. It will change your life.

@Fullnihilism it’s easy to get to Stonehenge by car. Curiously, there’s a major regional road that goes right next to it. Loads to see and do in Britain, no matter your desires. The Pound is depressed and they speak almost the same language. ;)

This was Tuesday’s #RocketLab #Electron rocket launch from #NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Virginians Eastern shore. I was 80 miles away in Williamsburg VA.

First pic is a few 30 second exposures of the first stage.

Next is a composite of several thousand (underexposed) video frames showing the track of first and second stages along with star trails and planes.

Finally, zooming in, you can see the flashes of the falling fairing halves, which were naked eye visible.

@shelenn @atomicpoet thanks, that’s some solid info. TBH $10 b invested on $94b in gross profit is not as much as I expected. These Silicon Valley folks are used to dumping cash into pits.

@atomicpoet I think you might be missing $41 billion in share repurchases in your calculations. Their stock dropped because of interest rates and poor growth, not due to cash flow. #meta

@atomicpoet can u explain how Meta’s $54 billion in Operating Cash Flow is bleeding red? (Not a Meta fan, just asking what you mean.)

@nytimes you’re risking being blocked, no one wants to see more of that in their timeline.

We’re probably in the most exciting era for vehicle design since the 1930s, when the modern automobile was first designed. But the question no one seems to be asking is what consumers want? But then again, maybe they have no concept of what they will want either. What do you think? https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/01/top-secret-car-design-studios-are-hubs-for-the-electric-vehicle-future/

Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370 CE - March 415 CE) was a female philosopher and mathematician, born in Alexandria, Egypt possibly in 370 CE (although some scholars cite her birth as c. 350 CE). Little is known of her life but her dramatic death at the hands of Christian fanatics is well-documented.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Hypatia_of_Alexandria/ #Alexandria #Athens #Christianity #History

The right focuses on a culture war because they can’t win on policy. Their only policy is further enriching robber barons.

The best way to distract low information voters is to stoke fears of encroaching otherness.

Please keep that in mind when they attack trans people, irreligious people or the Fear du Jour.

@jmtixhon do you know of any work showing why the use of #hydrogen will be preferable to direct green electricity + #gridstorage or #batteries (excluding heavy vehicles). #renewable #solar #wind

@jmtixhon that’s a cool graphic. Is there any additional info to say how likely/feasible it is for that development to occur? Or how damaging that is for the environment? So much anti-#EV commentary (not saying this is) is whatabout-ism without reference to the costs of #ICEvehicles.

As an expert on Social Security explained on my SiriusXM show: Don't listen to GOP's lies that Social Security is on the verge of bankruptcy. It has enough funding to pay 100% of benefits to at least 2035. SS could use some tweaks but the GOP opposed SS from the start and has long wanted to gut it. We can NOT let them! https://youtu.be/Ni-ii9gIt8w