FERC Proposes overhaul of interconnection procedures Article about FERC changes to clear the backlog of thousands of interconnection requests that are holding up renewables projects from connecting to the grid. Fees and penalties of tens of thousands of dollars. RTOs have already done some of this. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ferc-proposes-overhaul-interconnection-procedures?amp
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2023-07-02 Gasoline Vehicle Round Trip Efficiency Is Only 12 to 30%
According to the fueleconomy.gov website, gasoline vehicles round trip efficiency is only 12 to 30%. https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/atv.shtml
2023-06-29 Racial Quotas In Education Admissions
I thought about this in the past, and it made sense to me that when there are inequalities in a system affecting human rights, the system should be able to make modifications to reduce the inequalities. For instance, if the percentage of a race is over- or underrepresented in the higher education system, then it’s
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2023-06-27 SCOTUS Moore v Harper Elections Decision
SCOTUS voted 6-3 to reject the “independent state legislature” theory that argued state legislatures can set election rules with little oversight from state courts. Apparently the “legal theory” that the appelants wanted was so extreme that even 3 conservative justices including Roberts voted against it. Quote from Vox article: “”Moore involved the awkwardly named “independent
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2023-06-20 Bureaucracy – California vs. Texas
I agree that there is a lot of bureaucracy in California. But it’s there for a reason – many reasons. I think Texas will eventually be the same way when their population continues to grow.
2023-04-01 The Truth About Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The fossil fuels industries received over a Trillion dollars in direct subsidies in 2022, and possibly $6 Trillion when others are factored in. This is insane! This 14 min. JHAT video delves deeper into this subject.
2022-07-05 Trump Broke Laws, Nothing Happened
One link Another link https://frontpagelive.com/2020/03/09/the-14-times-trump-broke-the-law-and-nothing-happened/
2022-07-01 SROCC – Delays Will Cost Many Times More
I watched the video of the press conference on SROCC. What he said is that if the CC deniers delay the changes needed to halt climate change, it’s going to cost many times the amount needed to fix the mess later. “… Over time, paying for climate related damages is much more – several fold
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2022-06-27 Red States Have Higher Murder Rates
Red States Have Higher Murder Rates BTC Shows Gavin Newsom clip on Truth Social. https://youtu.be/CfRFkaY9cTg
2022-06-19 FERC Proposes Interconnect Reforms
The FERC – federal Energy Regulatory Commission has thousands of solar and wind projects that want to interconnect to the grid. But many of them are in development phase. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/06/17/ferc-reveals-interconnection-reforms-that-could-unleash-solar-energy-potential/
