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Upstart Oklos Brings New Energy to Nuclear
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Continue reading “Upstart Oklos Brings New Energy to Nuclear”Former Exxon Exec has Passed to an Even Hotter Place
The essential video above starts with remarks from former Exxon CEO and Trump Secretary of State, and friend of Putin, Rex Tillerson – but includes video of Lee Raymond in classic Climate Denial form.
Raymond passed last weekend, no doubt to a hotter place.
Today, people throw around the “climate change denier” label often enough that it has lost some of its charge. But Raymond was the genuine article, a true villain. It was Raymond who turned ExxonMobil into one of the world’s most important funders of falsehood and denial about fundamental climate science research.
Raymond, an engineer by training, straightforwardly rejected the mainstream scientific consensus that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels cause climate change. Even though Exxon’s in-house climate research arm knew by the late 1970s that “there is no doubt” fossil fuels worsened the “potential problem of CO2 in the atmosphere,” Raymond did everything he could to elevate more industry-friendly perspectives. And he was willing to muddy the truth to win.
Continue reading “Former Exxon Exec has Passed to an Even Hotter Place”“Absurd” June Set Up Threatens Midwest
“I never saw anything like this” is something we hear a lot these days.
Last night I attended a Planning Commission meeting in nearby Tittabawassee Township, where they were considering a permit for a 200 MW battery storage facility.
I usually don’t bring up climate change, or even weather, in these events – but this community was just hit by a very rare tornado last week, so fresh in mind, and we had another severe storm the following day, and forecasts are for more coming this week.
With that in mind, I argued that creating more resilience and capacity on the grid was essential for the safety of local communities in an era where we are seeing more extreme weather, “..no matter WHAT you think is causing it.”
Slight nods all around.
Permit passed by a 4-3 vote. We are gaining momentum.
Another Youtuber Meteorologist report below.
Continue reading ““Absurd” June Set Up Threatens Midwest”Put Data Centers to Work – Lowering Electric Rates
Every bill introduced, every executive order signed, every public hearing held has asked the same question: how do we stop trillion-dollar tech companies from making your electric bill go up? A handful of researchers, one Minnesota utility, and one forward-looking UK think tank are now asking a better quesion: what if we required data centers to actively lower your bill as the price of building in your community?
The context is this. At least 25 U.S. data center projects were canceled in 2025 due to local community opposition — quadruple the number canceled in 2024. Communities are saying no, not because they’re anti-technology, but because the deal on offer is a bad one. A million-square-foot facility rises on the edge of town, draws enough power to light a small city, and residents get what, exactly? An electric bill that may or may not go up depending on how well regulators did their jobs.
The Centre for Net Zero — Octopus Energy’s research arm — just modeled what happens when you flip that deal. They surveyed public attitudes toward different data center connection models. The results should be required reading for every governor with a data center in their state.
Continue reading “Put Data Centers to Work – Lowering Electric Rates”Another Severe Outbreak Coming in Midwest
Atmospheric pressures forecast for Michigan and Wisconsin equivalent to a Cat 1 Hurricane.
Can Dyson Make a Vertical Farm that Doesn’t Suck?
Famous for its hi-tech Vacuum cleaners (I’m an owner), Dyson has taken on vertical indoor farming in a strawberry operation in the UK.
Meteorologist Pushes Back on Trump Weather Tweets
PBS Horizons: Fact Checking on Data Centers
Michael Webber of University of Texas is the featured expert.
Money quote: “It can be that they’re part of the solution.”
Yes, Wisconsin, That Was a Derecho
