If these times were the plot line of a movie and not a global catastrophe, the entire audience would be on the edge of their seats, desperate to learn not only how it ends, but “who did it.” Take the …
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Vehicle To Grid: Growing Very Slowly
I used to help my daughter with her math, and so when the coronavirus hit the news, it gave me the opportunity to apply some of this stuff. I asked her, “What is the doubling time of the virus, given …
Tagged with: allows the vehicle to export power to an EPS, bidirectional EV charging system, charges EVs from an electric power system (EPS), combating climate change, enabling EV owners to earn money by helping to stabilize the electric power grid when the vehicles are parked, grid resilience, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) space
Covid-19: Emotions Run High
A reader, “Maria,” and I are having a conversation that may be of interest. Maria: The US fatality rate for Covid-19 is less than 1% — it’s 0.7 – 0.8%. Precautions? Yes, by all means! Beyond that we have to …
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Coal Really IS On Its Way Out
Here’s an excellent piece on the rise and fall of coal around the world. Even in places like China, the relative costs of coal versus competitive energy resources has begun to take coal out of the picture. Two key metrics …
“Trump Not Empathetic”–You Say That Like It’s a Bad Thing
I had to laugh when I came across the meme here. Of course Trump hasn’t said a kind or empathetic word; he doesn’t have those emotions anywhere in his personality. But let’s not kid ourselves: that’s his appeal. If he …
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Climate Change Mitigation Won’t Happen with “Alarming Levels of Inaction”
From The New York Times: “Alarming levels of inaction.” That is what the World Health Organization said Wednesday about the global response to coronavirus.
Trump Is at His Worst, But Does It Matter?
From The New York Times: Mr. Trump’s performance on the national stage in recent weeks has put on display the traits that Democrats and some Republicans consider so jarring — the profound need for personal praise, the propensity to blame …
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Trump Came Into Our Lives, and He Hasn’t Left Yet
As you watch the video below (speakers on), notice that this is not a bad metaphor for the Trump presidency. He’s here, and he’s made a considerable mess, but he hasn’t left yet. It’s possible that his exit could be …
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Our World Post Trump
Let’s make a few assumptions: • A few months from now, the pandemic is under control. • In November, Trump is replaced by a garden-variety centrist neoliberal like Biden, whose administration restores America to the standard cruel capitalism and social injustice …
Tagged with: "drain the swamp" of while collar criminals, eliminate the national debt, force the Chinese to make a better deal with us on trade, grow the domestic economy at 4%/year, implement a revenue neutral $1 trillion infrastructure plan, improve the level of respect that the rest of the world views the U.S., keep American jobs from going overseas, keep our air and water clean, make Mexico pay for the wall, plan to wipe out ISIS, replace Obamacare with something better, restore coal miners' jobs
Learning About Viruses
The Internet is a terrific boon for people wishing to learn more about subjects they deem to be important, and thus it’s hard to imagine how many of us are Googling or YouTubing “viruses” these days.
