"Balcony panels there [in Germany] added 10 percent more solar capacity to the grid in just a few months, The New York Times reported, just as Russia’s war with Ukraine was draining energy supplies."
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Does anyone think we are growing at 3.1%?
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Reminded of certain politicians today. A classic skit from "A Guide for the Married Man" movie.
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"The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment."
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More great history lessons on the Revolutionary War. Lucy Worsley is always a delight to listen to, imo.
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This story from Australia was new to me but it fits with a familiar global pattern at the same time. A little faith in what you are up to can go a long way in the long run.
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Thought this might interest some of you folks. Nebraskans and otherwise. Gift article.
Cancer is such a rotten disease.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/o...
"After taking office in January 2025, administration officials dismantled government departments dedicated to fighting foreign influence operations."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/b...
But Todd Blanche just said DOJ was going to be super focused on fraud. And no more of that nonexistent Epstein stuff.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
I worry that all these reservations will leave agencies filled with just the people you would not want running things.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/c...
"Officials in Berlin have started mapping vulnerabilities in US supply chains to identify points where Germany and its European Union partners could apply pressure, according to people familiar with the effort."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"But in the course of his presidency, Trump has revealed a much older malady: America’s unshakable faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking, indifferent to what others might want and supremely confident that its plan is the right one."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/o...
"Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we've barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is potentially staggering."
www.dw.com/en/nuclears-...
"The closure of the strait of Hormuz is causing a 'paralyzing, real-time problem' for any prospective manufacturing surge in the US defense industrial base, and even for the repair of defense equipment damaged by Iranian attacks..."
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
This does not surprise me. In the early days of distributed power generation it was the same story.
Before the PURPA regulations were put into place only utilities were allowed to legally provide power to the grid. Any business or homeowner was out of luck.
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