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2022-06-07 Renewables Cataloged By Global Mapping Tool
Australian and other renewables projects cataloged by global mapping tool from Global Energy Monitor. https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2022/05/30/australian-solar-projects-catalogued-by-global-mapping-tool/
2022-06-05 SMRs – Small Modular Reactors Make 5X Radioactive Waste
Small modular reactors produce 5 or more times the radioactive waste that full sized reactors produce. https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/06/03/small-modular-nukes-produce-more-radioactive-waste-than-traditional-ones-study-finds/ Quote: ” << Stanford University’s Lindsay Krall, who led the research, said information from the industry is “promotional”, echoing past criticisms that SMRs are still “PowerPoint reactors” with no detailed engineering to back up the concept. “SMR performed
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2022-06-01 VPPs Virtual Power Plants – Zero Carbon Grid
Zero carbon grid with VPPs – virtual power plants https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/05/31/achieving-a-zero-carbon-grid-opportunities-in-virtual-power-plants/
2022-05-30 Robert Reich & Tax Cuts, Stock Buybacks
A 2 min. video about Trump era tax cuts, and broken promises of tax cuts for the wealthy benefitting the middle class with more jobs and better pay. <<Tax cuts do not contribute to productivity. There is no “trickle down” from a stock buyback. >> – Robert Reich https://youtu.be/I3jBG3_tp_E
2022-05-28 Capacitors: Inferior Or Compromise
Long discussion about the great electrolytic capacitor failure fiasco of 2003. Someone said Dell lost $420 million on in-warranty repairs (we had Optiplex 270 and 280 MoBoards with those bad caps). Tom May One single video of cheap capacitors failing could be an individual with an axe to grind, trying to blemish a company. I
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