Copied from LA Times article. >> Microsoft News The LA Times Newsom orders 2035 phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, calls for fracking ban Phil Willon, Tony Barboza 31 mins ago Emphasizing that California must stay at the forefront of the fight against climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday issued an executive order to restrict new
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The reports about the Tesla Battery Day are all over YouTube. https://youtu.be/_hSlLskpttA Another (below is my comment from it): https://youtu.be/y5-w5xLfrkU There was a lot of stuff that interested us geeks, but may have been boring for the average Joe. There were several parts that I found to be very profound. The overall message was that
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I have several HP 6114 power supplies and I’ve had to repair them. The electrolytic capacitors dry up and need to be replaced or a good capacitor added to them. But the cheap plastic case of the 611x power supplies will shatter into many small pieces if you try to open them up. The front
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So many uninformed people advocate nuclear power, repeating the mantra “it’s the safest form of power.” Meanwhile, since the 1950s, the Portsmouth, Ohio “Ports” uranium processing plant has been releasing toxic radioactive wastes into the environment, “causing clusters of cancer” locally. This article tells of a whistleblower complaint and RICO lawsuit against the facility. The
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My take in a comment >> @mfhberg Said, “[Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicles] will die…” Right now, it looks like Toyota’s Mirai, Hyundai and Honda all have a sizeable stake in the HFC market future. These are not backyard grease monkeys, these are car companies that have done a lot research and development. Toyota has had
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The stop hate for profit movement on Facebook that is still taking place. https://www.stophateforprofit.org/ Quote: >> Stop Hate for Profit is an ongoing campaign to hold social media companies accountable for hate on their platforms. Social media must prioritize people over profit, and they must do it now. << Also this news article.
Black Lives Matter does not matter to blacks. I’m not sure why there are so many ‘blacktivist’ protesters on the street. They carry signs that say things like “Silence is Compliance” or “White Silence is Violence!” Maybe they just want to be seen on the News. Most black homicides are caused by blacks killing blacks.
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I knew about radioactive fallout from atomic bomb tests, but I didn’t know that it damaged Kodak film. What’s very dismaying is that the US government warned Kodak but they didn’t warn people about the dangerous fallout. Tens of thousands of thyroid cancers caused by radioactive iodine. Strontium in our bones causing cancer. That’s shameful.
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This article paints a doom and gloom picture of the lithium supply. Lithium is the 25th most common element on earth. It’s not that rare. According to Wikipedia it’s as common as chlorine. It says the seawater has 230 BILLION tonnes. So the supply is not going to run out, it’s just going to get
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