New cases of COVID-19 are spiking in multiple states. These California and North Carolina charts are particularly worrisome because they show a steady rise, even during lockdown. Why is this? What’s different about those states and how authorities handled it…
It appears the public is finally realizing police can get brutish and way out of control, like at the George Floyd protests. Well, jeez, it’s about dang time. I thought everyone knew this. Guess not. But then I was a…
Let’s be clear. These violent nihilists have nothing to do with justice for George Floyd. They just want to see the world burn. Horseshoe theory is relevant here. At the fringes, far left and far right begin to resemble each…
Oh noes. Mean Twitter fact-checked two tweets by the Orange Toddler, who then had a tantrum. Trump huffed and puffed, then issued a meaningless unenforceable executive order trying to repeal Section 230. However, the presidency does not have the authority…
Zinc-air battery storage for grid-scale renewable energy will store electricity far longer and for way less cost than current batteries. Renewable energy by definition is intermittent. The sun isn’t always out and wind doesn’t blow continually. Thus, grid-scale renewable energy…
Green Party ballot access is taking a huge hit this campaign season because it can’t get on state ballots in the normal way, which is by gathering signatures. That’s not going to happen in our stay-at-home COVID-19 world because it…
The COVID-19 shutdown is seriously impacting multiple facets of the economy, and there are no easy answers on how to recover. Mortgage delinquencies rose in 1st Qtr 2020. However actual foreclosures won’t happen until the moratorium is over. Then there…
California is requesting 3.3 GW of battery storage for renewable energy from the utilities, including a ginormous 770 MW online by next summer. This is notable for both the unprecedented size of the projects and for the battery storage being…
Working at home is strange and alien to many in our new quarantine world. I’ve been doing working at home for years and have some suggestions. Don’t stay in your pajamas all day. Wear street clothes. It’ll help your mindset.…
NextEra Energy, the world’s largest producer of solar and wind power, will invest $1 bn in energy storage in 2021. Their plans for renewables are unaffected by COVID-19. They are dropping retail prices temporarily to help consumers, and say there…
