The absurdity of these claims amazes me. A Politifact article that debunks this nonsense.
2021-05-29 Tucker Carlson Lies About VAERS, Vaccinations and CoVID19 — BTC
In this short YouTube video Brian Tyler Cohen shows that Carlson lies about VAERS, vaccinations and CoVID19. The pundit and sham artist should be made to tell the truth.
Carlson said 3,300 people died from vaccinations according to VAERS. That’s false! The VAERS says that the death after vaccination does not prove that the death was caused by vaccination. Correlation does *not* prove causation. This yellow tabloid journalism from Carlson and Fox News is causing millions to hesitate getting vaccinated and killing many people! Just so the sham pundits like Carlson can make money!
This article said the following.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/may/27/should-i-get-covid-19-vaccination-answering-questi/
<< As evidence that vaccines are lethal or otherwise dangerous, vaccine skeptics commonly cite reports from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, a national vaccine safety surveillance program set up by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FDA that records health issues that arise after vaccinations in the U.S.
But the agencies that run the tracking system warn that the reports shouldn’t be misinterpreted. VAERS records adverse events without confirming whether the vaccine caused them or even if they actually happened. Search results on the system come with this caveat: “VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness.” >>
So *anyone* who claims that VAERS reports deaths from vaccines is a LIAR.
2021-05-28 Trump Has A Blog?
This article says Trump supposedly has a blog.
Here are some of the comments about Trump that people left. Brutal truths.
<< He sharply divided this country and the branches of government with lies, confusion and his agenda. He has been corrupt in business, he has been mysogenistic since the $70s, he has been a racist his entire life, he’s lied and cheated on wives as well as business deals. He has never actually been a Christian, he Reportedly:had others take his college entrance exams (according to his own sister), reportedly his father paid for the bone spurs diagnosis to keep him out of Viet Nam, he reportedly donated to Plan[ned] Parenthood for years before he became against Planned Parenthood… how do we get his poison out of democracy? Myhope is SDNY, Manhattan, and DA of Georgia, as well as Don McGhan >>
<< Luz Escoto
He did so well that only 1/2 million people died in 1 year. The worst unemployment since the great depression. The only time a “friendly” country put a price on American soldiers heads. The time that foreign countries intervene in our elections. The only coup d’etat the US has faced in history. Yes, we’ve not had a president like him before, and History will judge him. >>
2021-05-27 Jeremy Blake – Stardrive & Other Great Music
I don’t do this here – I can’t remember blogging songs. But this guy’s music is amazing.
Jeremy Blake – Stardrive
Then there are others!!
2021-05-26 Court Orders Shell To Cut Carbon by 45% by 2030
The Court in the Hague has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030. The court accused them of violating Dutch law and European human rights. The landmark case was brought by Friends of the Earth and more than 17,000 co-plaintiffs.
This news made it to all the major mainstream news media.
2021-05-25 Solar, Wind + Batteries Are The Cheapest
This YouTube video from Tony Seba of RethinkX shows the incredible cost reductions that have been and will be made to the cost of solar, wind plus battery storage. “SWB100” is his acronym for 100% solar, wind plus battery storage.
Seba states that SWB100 will be so low, per kWh, that it costs less than the operating costs of conventional thermal power plants. This is without subsidies. This will force utilities to shut down conventional fossil fuel plants (including nuclear) and declare them stranded assets.
By having 3 to 5 times the SWB100 plus 3 to 4 days’ storage, the grid will be able to run 100% of the time, without ‘base load’ generation.
This is the amazing part. By increasing the SWB100 to more than 5 times, the grid will have ‘Super Power.’ The grid will be able to power all of electric vehicles transportation, all of residential and commercial heating, and some of industrial heating.
We have to think about how this will work. There will be excess power most of the time during the annual solar and wind cycles. This excess power will be used to generate green hydrogen to replace the fossil fuel (gray) hydrogen that is now used to make fertilizer and other products. Since hydrogen can be stored underground, it will be generated abundantly during the summer when solar is at maximum, and used during the winter. If there is a time when solar or wind becomes intermittent, the hydrogen generation can be reduced or stopped and that excess power will be used for real time needs, in place of ‘base load.’
And SWB100 will be so low cost that it will be basically free. There has been concern that hydrogen has several disadvantages, but it is being generated with the excess ‘reserve power’ and its cost is extremely low, so there need not be concerns about the disadvantages.
This video doesn’t have enough time to go into details about how Seba comes up with these figures and conclusions. But this is clearly not fiction — it’s happening right now. They have more details in other presentations and documents; this presentation is truly amazing.
Another of Seba’s YouTube videos that explains more about solar, etc.
2021-05-24 I Lost My Friend To The Antivax Charlatans
I had a disagreement with my high school friend about getting vaccinated. He’s an intelligent person but he thinks the enemy is the people who want everyone to be vaccinated. That’s where the problem lies. The antivaxxers are telling everyone they can that the enemy is Big Pharma and they’re after the patients’ money. They’re telling everyone that the doctors are wrong and that it’s okay to get measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, chickenpox and other “childhood diseases” so they will be immune for the rest of their lives.
Up until early last year, contagious diseases had cost the world economy a lot of money due to lost time and productivity caused by illness. Then CoVID19 hit and it devastated the economies of the world. Estimates are the trillions of dollars US; this article from Oct 2020 estimates $28 trillion – it may be more.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/13/imf-covid-cost-world-economic-outlook
The reason why the government wants everyone to get vaccinated is to end this pandemic. And ending the pandemic means businesses will not lose trillions of dollars in multiple ways.
This article says estimate of $82 trillion over 5 years. The costs to the economies do not include the costs to the healthcare systems and the millions of lives that were lost.
This pandemic is extremely serious because it is damaging the economy. The enemy is anything that damages the economy; it could be the Great Recession. It could be a war. This time it is a pandemic.
2021-05-23 Pumped Hydro Without Rivers Or Dams
Article about pumped hydro storage that does not involve dams or rivers.
I believe it would be best to cover the reservoirs with solar panels to minimize water evaporation and at the same time keep the solar panels cooler to maximize their efficiency. There are other advantages such as reducing the area used by solar panels. Since there is water accessible all around the panels, it will be simpler and easier to use some water to clean the panels.
https://wognews.net/news/2021/5/cheap-renewable-energy-storage
2021-05-22 RethinkX Rethinking The Future
In this hour YouTube video Tony Seba (RethinkX) talks about TaaS after the 37 minute point. He predicts 95% of passenger miles by TaaS in 2030. The car fleet will shrink 70%.
2021-05-21 GF Texas, Hundreds Of Model Y Castings
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I see xxx is hurting the stock price.
Or yyy is going to help the stock price.
The stock price is going to go anywhere or nowhere depending on the whims of investors. We as individuals don’t collectively have the money to make much difference in the long run. So just enjoy the stability it has right now, so you can buy another share or whatever when the paycheck comes in. In another week or so I’ll be able to afford several more shares if the price stays stable. Come fall or winter we should see some better quarterly financials and hear news about the schedules for the various models.
Right today the Quad Squad showed *hundreds* of mY castings coming from the now operational gigapress at GF Texas, and they won’t need that many for testing. So they must be going to use them in real EVs. That’s very encouraging.
They’re going good despite the rainy weather. Walls, roofs and windows are getting installed and the steel frames are being erected to the south. There are other construction projects on the site, so it’s getting there. Patience is required, though. Stay calm and enjoy the stability.
