Guys are saying they have tried to get parts and have run into problems. The normally commonplace items are out of stock, and prices are up everywhere. Recently this happened with lumber. I wonder if the human nature of hoarding has hit the commercial sector? It was toilet paper and cleaning supplies last year, so
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https://youtu.be/WDWhjSUu8UY This hour long video is summed up by the first slide, << Main messages – It’s complicated! – Humans really don’t understand human behaviour. – How we ‘act out’ in life springs from a complex interplay of nature and nurture. – From the perspective of the public good’, H. sapiens is not primarily a
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This video by Robert Reich tells what has happened with wealth inequality between the rich and the rest of us, and how we should fix it. https://youtu.be/wOI8RuhW7q0
Electrifying farm equipment and V2G, V2load. Pilot is in California. https://electrek.co/2021/11/01/gridtractor-launches-infrastructure-tool-for-zero-emission-farming-electric-tractors/
Tom Scott takes us on a ride on a heavy truck that uses the overhead electric wires for most of the distance on highways. I remember when they converted from electric trolleys to electric buses in parts of Los Angeles. That was back in the ’50s and ’60s so this is not a new way
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NREL study said boosting transmission between the eastern and western grids would save money. The dirty, rotten, evil Trump administration held up the NREL report because they thought it would harm the coal industry. They tried to kill the Earth with coal! https://www.utilitydive.com/news/transmission-east-west-seams-grids-lowers-costs-nrel-wind-solar/608475/.
