It was obvious why there were rolling blackouts during the heat wave we had in mid-August. There was a huge high pressure dome over the western states and demand in the other states took away from the normal amounts of power that California imports from other states. Much of the imported power comes from Palo
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The perception in other countries of the US and Trump is the lowest in 20 years. See the bar graph here. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54169732 Quote: << America’s reputation among some allies has fallen to its lowest point in nearly two decades, according to a global survey. The findings of the Pew Research Center poll reflect public perceptions
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About Russian IRA, fake accounts, inauthentic behavior https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/sweeping-internal-facebook-memo-i-have-blood-on-my-hands/?amp=1
Tom Scott does a poll with over a million votes. I concur. 😂👍 https://youtu.be/ALy6e7GbDRQ
These new regulations will be going into effect over the next years in California. The fleets will have to electrify their trucks. https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/advanced-clean-trucks-fact-sheet
This new video adds to the news about the Hindenburg claims. This Casgains guy is making some rather dark assertions. No doubt there may be some basis in fact, but I haven’t read other articles to see if there is general agreement. https://youtu.be/aaaEy8MQOd8 But then Nikola said everything is going along okay, that they have
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This doesn’t seem to be good for Toyota FCEV, Honda FCX or Hyundai. Toyota has been making FCEVs for more than 2 decades. It would seem they would know what the realities were and are regarding FCEVs. The Honda FCX Concept in 1999 and FCX Clarity from 2008. The future of heavy vehicles, trains airplanes
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Read the paragraphs below. The “…electricity on a dispatchable basis” is not true. Nuclear reactors are meant to be run at full output – “base load”, not throttled on and off to meet demand. “…we understand how to build…” Is far from the truth. The western countries have seen the recently built NPPs have massive
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Based on studies of forams in core samples from ocean floor. https://www.livescience.com/amp/oldest-climate-record-ever-cenozoic-era.html **************************** Eighteen countries have promised to phase out the sale and registration of fossil fueled cars by the end of next decade. https://youtu.be/bC-BYhuFUtY
That thought has occurred to me. I watched a program about ‘food deserts’ on PBS. Locally grown foods have less impact on the environment. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/11/should-foods-environmental-damage-be-included-in-its-purchase-cost/
