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Transparent wood could be the window of the future(usda.gov)
111 points by ph0rque 6y ago|64 comments
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by ph0rque 6y ago
If we approach that level, we can easily implement a mitigation: controlled burning (on a far greater scale than is currently practiced).
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NREL Research Points to Strategies for Recycling of Solar Panels(nrel.gov)
1 points by ph0rque 6y ago|0 comments
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by ph0rque 6y ago
> Will remote work go MORE globalized while everything else possibly reverses? I think this is the right approach. Global bits, local atoms.
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by ph0rque 6y ago
This tells me that until fossil plants are mostly shut down (and perhaps afterward), we will continue to have negative electricity prices at times. It might be a profitable idea to buy extra energy storage capacity to get paid for storing e
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Researchers at NREL Demonstrate Feasibility of Blockchain Energy Transactions(nrel.gov)
1 points by ph0rque 6y ago|0 comments
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Building Recyclable, Next-Generation Turbine Blades(nrel.gov)
1 points by ph0rque 6y ago|0 comments
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Scientists Create a Prototype Air Plasma Engine That Works Without Fossil Fuels(sciencealert.com)
1 points by ph0rque 6y ago|0 comments
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by ph0rque 6y ago
Thanks for the explanation, Doreen. My oldest is 2 years ahead in math and has been very much obsessed with fairness for the last year or so. You've given me some ideas on how to discuss the concept of fairness, and to bring up the &qu
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by ph0rque 6y ago
It irks me to see chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine being used interchangeably in the media. This study used chloroquine. Trump touted hydroxychloroquine. "Hydroxychloroquine, a less toxic derivative of chloroquine, is effective in in
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NREL Six-Junction Solar Cell Sets Two World Records for Efficiency(nrel.gov)
1 points by ph0rque 6y ago|0 comments
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by ph0rque 6y ago
> Trouble is, if these get widespread enough - they won't look out of place but the moment they become widespread is the moment updates get pushed to make them obsolete. It's an unescapable situation. Did you just say recurring
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Engineering Tests to Evaluate the Feasibility of Solar Pavement Technology(mdpi.com)
2 points by ph0rque 6y ago|4 comments
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by ph0rque 6y ago
"Is that you hiding from the cameras, or are you just wearing an ugly shirt?"
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by ph0rque 7y ago
Here's one cultural tidbit: the Russian word for Sunday means Resurrection. That was one of the reasons the authorities did not want that day to exist.
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by ph0rque 7y ago
Just started OSU's Permaculture Design Certificate course last week: https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/course/permaculture-design...
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by ph0rque 7y ago
To follow up with this: is there a good online community college anyone can recommend?
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by ph0rque 7y ago
True story (except for the last two lines): Boss: install this antivirus and run it: [link]. Me: I dunno, that seems like a phishing attempt... is that really you, boss? What's the code word? Boss: DO IT OR YOU ARE FIRED! Me: oh yeah,
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Bifacial Solar Advances with the Times–and the Sun(nrel.gov)
1 points by ph0rque 7y ago|0 comments
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by ph0rque 7y ago
So what is the solution to this problem?
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by ph0rque 7y ago
This is a really great article, and something I've been slowly realizing over the last few months. I only wish he would explore the concept of playing your own meta in order to reach goals that are important to you (and maybe no-one el
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How Does Age Change How You Learn?(scotthyoung.com)
4 points by ph0rque 7y ago|0 comments
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How Low Can Solar Cells Go? Perovskite Researchers Say Down, Down(cleantechnica.com)
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by ph0rque 7y ago
That makes me wonder: who is verifiably the best human driver? I recall reading about a truck driver who went over a million miles without being in an accident. Probably someone like that?
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Foxes and Hedgehogs(medium.com)
1 points by ph0rque 7y ago|0 comments
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Social Capital in Silicon Valley(alexdanco.com)
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by ph0rque 7y ago
Thanks. I got to that page, clicked the "moral maze" link, and did not read further (which I should have).
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by ph0rque 7y ago
So after 3 or 4 clicks, I ended up on an amazon.com page with the book on moral mazes. Can anyone offer a short summary of what a moral maze is?
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by ph0rque 7y ago
> I would always reimagine the movies I just watched or the books I just read When I was a teenager, I went through this phase where I would dream of myself as the hero of a book I just read. And if I knew the hero would die at some poin
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by ph0rque 7y ago
When I became proficient in my third language (over 20 years ago) and had to listen, speak, read, and write in all three languages on a regular basis, my mind adapted to thinking in concepts, and lazily evaluating the concepts to the words

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