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Is that happening outdoors?

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It was

They’re part of my "best of" collections for the year

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I have a little chunk of change tucked away, and I suppose I should get it out there to see if it could become more money.

Whatever I do with it, the key word will be electrification. With the possible exception of PG&E, some to investor-owned utilities, some to established electric technology companies (i.e., Honeywell), and a slice to companies on the cutting edge of energy-efficiency technology development.

It’s actually putting your money where your mouth is, but the electrification train has already left the station, no matter how Republicans try to screw things up to protect their fossil fuel donors.

The future is no longer plastic. Sorry to break the news, Ron Johnson. (Also, Ron, you have a chunk of oatmeal stuck on the tip of your nose. At least, I think it’s oatmeal.)

Note: medicine seems another promising field, though I’d avoid hospitals because they are all fucked up, to use proper economic terms.

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They're beautiful. If I were you I'd plant some forget me nots too. Doesnt that sound like the last wish of a dying person? I just haven't any land !!! If I was really dying I'd probably say 'eat some okra in my name ...' Anyway, Happy New Year to the Wonketariat!

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Anyone interested in science like this should be following Sabine Hossenfelder's matchless (AFAIK) short videos on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/@SabineHossenfelder/videos

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The 'Coastal City' in the top image is Pittsburg, is it?

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People chose a good century ago to drive petro-cars and get coal produced electricity because it made life easier. People will hafta choose something that'll make life easier over petro-cars and coal burning generators. I'd like to say, "Governments can make this happen," but the fucking governments are beholding to the petro-fuel industry. Like Pogo said. "We met the enemy and it is us."

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I propose we try to get 200% capacity in every possible zero-carbon energy generation method. Aim high, so when you fail you still have overcapacity which you can then use for all sorts of industrial processes that suddenly become very interesting when the electricity is surplus (Read: free on an irregular schedule).

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Hydrogen production takes a massive amount of energy. It is a good use of surplus electricity, so it pairs really well with solar and wind. But it isn't a energy source, unless you know of a hydrogen mine with enough capacity to supply the world forever?

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I love Robinson, but I really hate his recurring character: Frank. Frank can be Frank's first name or last name, or it can be Franklin or any other variation, but there is always a Frank, and Frank is always an asshole protagonist. Which is fun an relatable the first two times, but it gets annoying. I think I read only one Robinson book that didn't have a Frank.

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It was well written but not for me. It is obviously written for New Yorkers, and I just don't know or care enough about New York.

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Speak for yourself!

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Thank you for "farkakte". We moved to Skokie a year ago and good Jewish slang is invaluable in my lexoconic bullet belt. Now when the bagel joint up the street is out of my fav I can just say "Well, that's farkakte"

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Hey by the way, back in 2018 I was hunting for a new used rig and was seriously looking for a Forester because we loved our 2012 Outback so much. I had been hearing rumors that Subaru quality had slipped a bit so I dug in for alternatives. I found out that the Chevy Equinox had a better repair record than the Forrester. I ended up buying a 2WD version which was fine for my purposes and it was a good car. Even the 4WD version probably isn't the snow car the Forrester is but it might be another option to consider should you need to buy.

Good luck in any case.

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Buy a no-load, diversified ETF. What companies do can be much less important than how well they are managed.

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