ploden

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by ploden 5y ago
Maybe we should end the government mandate to burn corn in car engines. Biden seems more pro-ethanol than Trump, I have no idea why.
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Is Geoengineering the Solution?: Exploring Climate Crisis in “Termination Shock”(lareviewofbooks.org)
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Up all night with a Twitch millionaire(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by ploden 5y ago|0 comments
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Neal Stephenson recommends 6 books on information manipulation(theweek.com)
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by ploden 5y ago
Vehicle-to-grid capability is good. Everything else looks 2-3 years behind.
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by ploden 5y ago
Price instability in fossil fuels is a big boost for renewables. The industry has always been boom and bust, but now consumers have a choice.
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by ploden 5y ago
Almost 20 years old, but this is not immediately obvious when reading it. I’m not sure if that says more about Neal, or the past two decades.
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by ploden 5y ago
Indeed. Why are meth producers blamed for meth-related problems? Because it's easy to point a finger at them?
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by ploden 5y ago
Yes.
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by ploden 5y ago
That's good to know, thanks! Couldn't I hit Github using just statically served, client side JS?
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by ploden 5y ago
I'm using Hugo for my blog, so this is good to hear. My only complaint so far is having to embed front matter in my .md files. Mixing JSON and Markdown feels wrong. Question: my blog is a git repo of .md files that I run through Hugo a
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by ploden 5y ago
Let me know when I can put nuclear energy on my roof for under $20k.
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by ploden 5y ago
>Fortunately, much of the generation and storage needed to hit a zero-carbon target is already in development. Developers have requested access to the transmission grid for 660 gigawatts of new wind and solar generating capacity and 200
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by ploden 6y ago
"The likelihood that 150, 160 markets in a very short period of time—and one decade is a very short period of time—will converge fully into one drivetrain is highly unlikely." - BMW AG CEO Oliver Zipse Spoken like a true dinosaur.
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by ploden 7y ago
At a cost of $45 billion. Or, 6% of the US defense budget. Good for Germany.
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by ploden 9y ago
After living in Germany, I can't go anywhere without cash. It's like walking out the door without my keys.