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I'm happy that "finally" the future many of us hoped for is arriving.
But I somewhat disagree with your characterisation of fossil fuel producers here — it's not that they *can't* compete, it's that they *chose* not to…
They had every opportunity *and more* that others had to reinvent themselves by investing in and developing renewables. Instead of innovating, they *chose* the easier path of suppressing competitors to maintain their profits.
Shame on them.
10. In other words, in 2012 new production benefited domestic producers AND consumers. But today, new production only benefits producers. That's a fundamentally different policy and political environment. And note also that domestic consumption is basically flat for the last 20 yrs.
Facing Trump's wrath, Jack Smith requests public hearing in House GOP probe
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/19/jack-smith-trump-jim-jordan-public-hearing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Britain vows to tackle foreign meddling in politics after Reform's Russia bribes case (Mason Boycott-Owen/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-vows-tackle-foreign-meddling-politics-reform-russia-bribes-case/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p56#a251216p56
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. https://trib.al/DS508Zg
SARS-CoV-2 needs to be understood as a virus that weaponizes the immune system. Most, if not all of the post-acute sequelae are likely to be downstream of its dysregulation of the immune system. The more it dysregulates the immune system, the less effective vaccines will be at preventing the virus from dysregulating it further, even if they succeed at preventing acute hospitalization.
https://www.easychair.info/p/the-intrinsic-severity-of-sars-cov
CATL announces official staging of their large Sodium Ion battery upgrade, making any larger LFP investments more of a question...
Some NeXT memorabilia — I suspect it'd be difficult for some to appreciate the importance of user-groups in the days before universal access to the internet, social media, and so on.
The Bay Area NeXT Group was pre-eminent amongst US-based user-groups.
MAHMA
Make America Have Measles Again.
Great work, Trump, Vance, RFK Jr, Mehmet Oz, and every Republican Senator that confirmed RFK Jr.
That depends on how you view your "civic obligations”
Personally I believe I owe it to those less fortunate than myself and to future generations to vote, and specifically to vote for those I think will be best stewards of society and the planet now and for the years to come
(And if the best option I have in a given election is a DINO, then they'll still get my vote if they're better than the alternative)
Scientists create new solid-state sodium-ion battery — they say it'll make EVs cheaper and safer. Via @live_science #EVs #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #KillGasCars ⚡🚘🔌🚗🔋 #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑🔬
Scientists create new solid-st...
“A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024
It wasn’t because Biden voters shifted to Trump—but because so many of them stayed home.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/204271/why-democrats-lost-2024-election-trump-way-to-win-report
As @benroyce has been saying…
Road death rates per 100,000 inhabitants in the US and Europe
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"Why do you eat rotten fish?"
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What storage allows is for "intermittent" energy sources, where intermittent may be over the course of a day, or a season, to satisfy needs that otherwise could not realistically be met.
E.g. we couldn't sensibly use *only* solar — we wouldn't have any electricity at night. We can, though, rely on solar+battery.
@jfmezei @benroyce @DavidM_yeg @qkslvrwolf @paninid @Walrus
Umm, storage by definition isn't a primary energy source. It's *storage*.
It's intended to store "surplus" energy produced by other means over short, medium, and long term – hours, days, "indefinitely".
The forecasted needs should be met by generation — solar, wind, tide…
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I'm sorry, I'm not sure what your point is, could you clarify?
Hydro is not the same as pumped *storage*. (Context is: Being able to *store* surplus energy generated by renewables.)
FWIW, EVs can also increasingly serve as distributed storage (V2G) to help match supply and demand
"U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to require tourists to hand over their social media data ahead of next year’s World Cup generated outrage on Wednesday."
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-fifa-world-cup-social-media-technology-politics-europe/
Maybe we misunderstood/misheard — FIFA gave Trump a "Taking the peace" Prize…
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And just to be clear, this is an area where IMHO we should "do all the things".
If/where possible develop pumped storage for the future
Look to other technologies for the nearer-term solutions we need to make best use of intermittent renewable sources and transition off fossil fuels as quickly as possible
