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energy
- Regionalizing Renewable Energy
With the ongoing energy crisis happening in Europe, Anton Howes has some interesting ideas on how the Euro nations could convert the short-term pains of fossil fuel shortfall into a long-term surplus based on a mix of…
- 41 Inconvenient Truths
In the spirit of honesty and "data driven" thinking, this piece from the FEE has some eye-opening numbers on global energy usage, renewables, and the economics of the energy sector. I'd place myself in the category of…
- Weekend Reading: Ted Chiang, Renewable Energy, and ColorBox
✍🏼 Ted Chiang Uses Science to Illuminate the Human Condition I enjoyed this interview with author Ted Chiang. It covers his recent short story collection Exhalation: Stories with nice context and background on the id…
- The Bacteria Light of the Future
A French startup company called Glowee is working on being able to produce light using bioluminescence: Glowee reinvents light production with technology nature has already created to make lighting more sustainable an…
- Weekend Reading: Wind Turbines, Bruce Sterling, and Economic Ideas
⚡️ The US Wind Turbine Database Ben Hoen from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab gave a lightning talk at Geo2050 about this project, a map and database of the operational wind generation capacity in the US. The map c…
- Energy & Geography in 2050
Another great Geography2050 is in the books. This year’s focus was on energy, and as you might expect much of the panel discussion and subject matter expertise was on renewable energy sources and climate change respon…