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Shifting farm economy means changes for rural communities
By Lillian Williams
he shrinking number of farms in Michigan – down by about 1,300 between 2023 and 2024 – and the trend of existing farms to expand to survive is changing the culture of rural communities.
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World Models, Free Energy, and a Plastic Dinosaur
In 2020, I wrote about a meter-high robotic, smart fabric wrapped Plastic Dinosaur that gained consciousness to explore machine learning. A series of articles on the core concepts of machine learning and neural nets, as they existed then, each started with a brief story about Plastic Dinosaur as it learned … [continued]
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How Europe Can Meet Hydrogen Fuel Mandates Without Hydrogen Fuels
When I published my recent piece on Germany’s bid to double hydrogen-based fuel targets to try to justify already built and already stranded hydrogen infrastructure, readers raised important questions about compliance mechanics. One pointed out that the 1% RFNBO subtarget can be met by replacing grey hydrogen in refineries rather … [continued]
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County approves Grey Roots admission fee increases
Grey County has increased its admission fees at its Grey Roots Museum and Archives for the first time since 2020. The changes were approved when county council passed a bylaw updating its fees and service charges at its meeting on Thursday. With the changes, most admission fees at Grey Roots have increased by between $2 […]
Grey County projected to experience strong growth over next 25 years
Grey County’s population is forecasted to surpass 148,000 by 2051, an almost 42 per cent increase from where it was in 2021. Grey County council on Thursday received a growth management strategy update that includes new population and employment projections, and directed staff to incorporate the data into the county’s official plan via a review […]