A reader sent me this video, in which an ostensible expert in equities trading raves about the merits of purchasing stock in Hyliion, a start-up that claims that future sales of its electric drivetrain for Class 8 trucks is going …
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Living in a Broken America
Though not a religious person myself, I respect those who use their faith as a springboard to lead more meaningful and virtuous lives. For Christians, at least the kind I associate myself with, that means emulating the life of Christ …
Analyzing a New Wind Turbine
Here’s what the inventor of a new wind turbine tells us in the video below: He’s standing in a wind speed of 3 – 4 mph (let’s call it 3.5). The device is 16′ high, and the blades start at …
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Significant Number of Voters Unsure of Position
Stephen Colbert makes an excellent point here. There are 14% of American voters, one out of every seven, on the fence in the coming election. You lived in the United States these last 3.5 years and you’re not sure if …
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Franklin Graham Attacks Anthony Fauci Because “Science Isn’t Truth. God Is.”
My friend Forbes Black writes, “This is why we can’t have nice things.” Seriously. There is a reason that, for instance, New Zealand has been successful in beating COVID-19 into a pulp, and the pandemic continues to spin out of …
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Trump Likes To Hire People with “Countervailing Viewpoints”
As a follow up to Trump’s famous: “What You’re Seeing and What You’re Reading Is Not What’s Happening,” we have this from The Hill: Asked about why President Trump has lashed out at his former Cabinet members, calling some “incompetent” …
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Murderer Accused of Manslaughter
From Democracy Now: In Tulsa, a white security guard faces charges of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of a Black man, Carlos Carson, in a motel parking lot earlier this month. New video emerged Friday showing Christopher Straight — a …
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A Deep Recession in Our Future?
My stock broker sent me his company’s quarterly report that, as usual, is so bland and noncommittal as to be very difficult to stay awake through. I never put too much faith in this type of forecasting, and especially not …
Large U.K. Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea: News in Spanish and (Half-Decent) English
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy ha recibido condicionalmente un pedido de 100 unidades de sus nuevas turbinas eólicas SG 14-222 DD para el parque eólico de 1,4 GW Sofia Offshore en el Reino Unido. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has received a conditional permit …
Energy vs. Power
I’m always impressed (he said sarcastically) by people in technology who provide numbers that are expressed in units that don’t exist, like KW/day. That’s like saying my driveway is 60 feet per second long. I had a friend in college …
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