SciTechDaily: CalTech satellite beams energy from space.
A space solar power prototype, SSPD-1, has achieved wireless power transfer in space and transmitted power to Earth. The prototype, including MAPLE, a flexible lightweight microwave transmitter, validates the feasibility of space solar power, which can provide abundant and reliable power globally without ground-based transmission infrastructure.
This is one of those dangerous ideas that sound wonderful until you understand it.
ATLANTA (AP) — The first American nuclear reactor to be built from scratch in decades is sending electricity reliably to the grid, but the cost of the Georgia power plant could discourage utilities from pursuing nuclear power as a path to a carbon-free future.
It is “virtually certain” that July is going to be the world’s warmest month since records began, according to scientists.
It’s a virtual certainty that this is all bullshit. You know that because they don’t say when records began.
BBC: Summer temperature strain the grid.
Nearly 200 million Americans are under “dangerously hot conditions” alerts with temperatures expected to soar past 100F (38C) in several major cities.
Those major cities are places where it often gets above 100 F in the summer, so no real surprise.
Electric motoring is, in theory, a subject about which I should know something. My first university degree was in electrical and electronic engineering, with a subsequent master’s in control systems.
I never knew that Mr. Bean is an engineer.
Foreign Policy: Will Washington Stop Nuclear Power
Foreign Policy: Will Washington Stop Nuclear Power
As Biden administration climate czar John Kerry rightly put it: “We don’t get to net zero by 2050 without nuclear power in the mix.”
It is not often that John Kerry says something that is smart and needs to be repeated often.
Climate Change increasing the number of home runs in MLB.
This topic has been making the news, so it’s worth a look.
“As soon as it gets warm, the ball carries a lot better,” Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez told The Post. “I usually tell everybody, right about the middle of May, the balls will start flying out of the ballpark.”
That’s from a team manager, so it has to be true. More home runs couldn’t possibly come from the players getting into the groove as they get a month into the season.
I’m not eating any God damn crickets.
Greta Thunberg is an odd duck. She has been catching some flak for deleting a tweet about 2023, so there is a Newsweek Fact Check of Greta Tweet to defend her. Who cares?
Electric school buses may actually make sense. Electric cars aren’t a good solution for most people because they take a long time to recharge and lose range quickly in cold weather.
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