Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so Illustration: Álvaro Bernis May 30th 2024 https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/05/30/why-any-estimate-of-the-cost-of-climate-change-will-be-flawed Finance and economics | Free exchange When William Nordhaus, who would later win a […]
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Scientific American: As Earth’s Climate Unravels, More Scientists Are Ready to Test Geoengineering
September 24, 2024 By Mark Fischetti More and more climate scientists are supporting experiments to cool Earth by altering the stratosphere or the ocean As recently as 10 years ago […]
Gentle and restrained
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak […]
Collapse Curriculum blog on Substack: Common Threads in Societies That Collapse
History is a tale of rise and fall, of civilizations that flourished, only to eventually collapse. As Henry Kissinger once said: “Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed. […]
Are We In a Period of Runaway Hype about Electric Demand?
The text warns about the risks of inflated electric demand forecasts, particularly for AI data centers and the power sector. It highlights concerns over potential overbuilding and reliance on traditional energy methods, advocating for innovative distributed energy resources (DERs). The narrative stresses the importance of critically evaluating demand predictions and the need for urgent new energy solutions to meet rising electricity demands.