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Water determines Great Lakes region’s economic future
From fishing and heavy industry to recreational waterfronts and new technology, a dizzying array of interest groups are using —and sometimes abusing — our biggest economic asset: the Great Lakes.
Getting Big Batteries (BESS) & Pumped Hydro (PHES) to Play Well Together
At a recent Solar Citizens rally in the seat of Dixon, I had the intellectually stimulating opportunity to converse with Mike Westerman of GHD about the viability of pumped hydro (PHES). Mike is the lead for GHD on hydropower. GHD (named from the initials of the founders, engineers Gutteridge, Haskins, … [continued]
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Waymo Scaling Up With US Manufacturing, Uber
Waymo is on a roll. It keeps rolling into new markets. It keeps proving that its robotaxis are safer than human drivers. And now it’s also scaling up via US manufacturing and its partnership with Uber, which is going very well. Waymo announced this week that it is now providing … [continued]
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Stateside: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Michigan’s aging crisis, honeybees from Florida helping the pollination of cherry trees, Michelle Yang on her new memoir and Grand Rapids Public Museum and Kentwood Public Schools commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
The One Big Robotaxi Benefit — Safe Driving
We’ve had a few articles recently highlighting problems with the idea of a robotaxi revolution. (See here, here, and here.) However, there are definitely some upsides to robotaxis, and there’s one in particular that deserves a nod. A reader shared this study with us in a comment thread, and it … [continued]
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