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Who Pays For The Environmental Damage When A Starship Falls In My Backyard?
Hubby and I were sitting at our dining room table, eating our dinner and watching the sun dip over the Intracoastal Waterway. Then a ball appeared in the sky, heading west to east — a swirling mass of vapors with what looked like a nebula around it. Gold sparks were … [continued]
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Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang
The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy … [continued]
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Companion to Cranky Stepdad vs Hydrogen for Energy
Recently I published a simple debunker for many of the hydrogen for energy claims that perpetuate the hype, Cranky Stepdad vs Hydrogen for Energy: How to Respond to Enthusiasts. In the style of John Cook’s Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change — illustrative cartoons and colorful analogies illustrating the debunk — … [continued]
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Faster & Further than Any Volvo Car Before: New ES90 Adds 300km in 10 Minutes & Goes 700km on One Charge
The new Volvo ES90 is powered by 800-volt technology, helping to create a car that goes further and charges faster than any electric Volvo before The ES90 can add up to 300 kilometres of range in just 10 minutes of charging and offers a driving range of up to 700 … [continued]
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Dyer: Trump enters protection rackets game
What’s the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets? Not all that much from the legal point of view, but protection rackets have a lower level of risk and a higher rate of returns.