In 2021, wind and solar power have absolutely dominated new power capacity additions, accounting for a whopping 85.9% of new US power capacity (see chart above).
I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and will have a pleasant & successful new year! 🎄
“Side note: Google is horrible for finding anything these days.”
— Daniel Jalkut, Core Intuition ep. 493, @20:35
So true!
CNBC: FedEx gets first of 500 electric trucks from GM’s EV unit in move to green logistics
[FedEx] aims to buy only electric delivery vehicles after 2025 and electrify its entire delivery fleet by 2040.
Guests overstaying their welcome? Throw one of these babies between the andirons and watch them beat a hasty exit!
Wow! Today’s NYT Crossword had an animated center!
Grey Cup: Greyt game! Greyt final play! Greyt comeback against adversity! 🏆
Doing API updating in an existing app: must stay focused! 😴
It was a cold walk home at 3:30pm yesterday!
Ship in the morning ice
NYT: Hayao Miyazaki Prepares to Cast One Last Spell
No artist has explored the contradictions of humanity as sympathetically and critically as the Japanese animation legend. Now, at 80, he’s coming out of retirement with another movie.
Transferring solar electric power from Northern Africa to Europe was a hot topic in the news (well, the news I read) a while ago but it hasn’t been appearing lately. This informative video explains why.
Real Engineering (YouTube): The Problem with Solar Energy in Africa
TIL: Wikipedia has a cool ISBN helper page. (That’s a link for Peter Lynch’s investor classic One Up on Wall Street.)
A cold day on the bay
Had an odd (certainly small) realization this evening: - Sausalito Summernight (by Diesel) sounds a lot like Watcha Gonna Do (by Chilliwack)! At least to my ear.
And it all started with interest in the story of the Band’s The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
Kids shooting hoops in the snow
So, @ajennische @jean Here’s A photo that at least one micro.blog regular might appreciate. From Göteborg.
Happy Integral Day! (Oct 29)
(Honours the day in 1675 when Gottfried Leibniz wrote the first modern integral sign.)
The Register: Google ‘colluded’ with Facebook to bypass Apple privacy
What happened to “Don’t be evil”?
What may be the final sealift of the year.
Evening in Ontario
An interesting discussion of the roles of nuclear power, carbon capture, hydrogen & large scale battery storage.
New Scientist writer Adam Vaughn in discussion with Fully Charged host Robert Llewelyn.
link: youtu.be/xIeS0qGHP…
Electrek: Norway shows us glimpse of the future as electric cars make gas-powered car sales vanish
In 2020, all-electric cars have hit a record 54% market share of Norway’s total new cars sales in 2020.
The latest data from July shows electric cars have a 64% market share…
Reuters: Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money
Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay…
—— Clearly workers aren’t being paid based solely on their value to the company. Should they be?
BBC: Cross words over New York Times puzzle change
The digital version of The New York Times daily crossword puzzle will no longer be available in third-party apps from next week.
Instead the crosswords will only be accessible… through the publication’s own website or app.