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Each second, 1.5 million tons of solar material, traveling at 100 miles per second, shoot off the sun. Earth's magnetic field deflects most of it, but not all. The solar wind, a stream of charged particles, flows at 447 km/s (1 million mph), and while the magnetic field protects us, some particles still cause auroras and geomagnetic storms.
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Point of sale will be a big deal for US EV transition... helping to lower upfront cost for many who can't wait a year (or have the tax burden) for $7,500. Two key things though:
1) Enough EVs have to qualify for credit on Jan 1 so that policy is noticed
2) Website's gotta work
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Interesting to see this--I don't care for it, but the combine must combine.
eenews.net/articles/takeaway…
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Is there a limit?
Wind turbine builder designing 22-MW offshore turbine with rotor diam >310 m, taller than #EiffelTower (300 m)
4 turbines gives peak power of 1 fossil gas peaker plant, but wind capacity factor=40-55%; Peakers=15%
interestingengineering.com/i… @IntEngineering
I occasionally find myself wondering if moving hydrogen will be a common thing, or if it will mostly be distributed at the area of use. It always feels like the latter is more likely.
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Good morning with good news: "Nationwide, heat pumps outsold fossil fuel furnaces in the first half of 2023. But Maine’s installation rate is three times the US average." Maine also deploys rapidly heat pumps for water heating. Maine: Capital of Heat Pumps
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The good news is that degrowth is unnecessary.
The world is *starting* to learn how to decouple economic growth 📈 from CO2 emissions 📉
Feels like a long time since people were saying a climate tech company would be the next $ trillion dollar company.
Doesn't make it less true, but narratives change based on market sentiment.
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"The average worker should feel as if he has been ripped off — and he has," says GMO's Co-founder Jeremy Grantham on wage stagnation in the US.
Tune into "Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein" on September 5th at 9pm ET here :point_right: trib.al/Y8pj543
