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Those who learn to enjoy the beauty of life without striving for the illusion of control are the true winners

Natural Gas, Solar, and Batteries holding prices steady, no emergencies in Texas - quite a difference vs 5 years ago

The market has spoken. And if you are thinking this is due to “subsidies” then you need to learn how electricity markets operate. (All electricity is “subsidized” and intermittent sources the least of which, and most of those $ now go to Fortune 500, lawyers, and accounts to facilitate it.)

Getting outside is the best 🌞

PJM closes interconnection process, ~1yr later 150% increase in capacity prices…https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-capacity-prices-auction-morgan-stanley-esai-nrg-vistra-pseg/725618/

Also anyone worried about CO2 has not thought very hard about it

Intermittent energy and storage helping keep ERCOT functioning https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ercot-successfully-navigates-heat-wave-new-peak-demand-record/725197/

Reliable power supply is finite so number go up too

Criticism and destruction are a lazy man’s favorite form of action

All power plants are intermittent, it’s just to what degree, which is why a diverse fuel mix of distributed generators on the grid makes the most sense to ensure a low cost reliable future https://m.startribune.com/xcels-prairie-island-nuclear-plant-will-be-out-of-commission-until-january/600321701/

Building > Complaining

They are using facial recognition to arrest people? I hoped we were years away from this

Business Insider

A Detroit woman who says she was falsely arrested while 8 months pregnant says she spent 11 hours on a concrete jail bench before being released. She says a bogus facial recognition match is to blame.

Police used facial recognition software, which often misidentifies Black people, to connect Porcha Woodruff to a crime she says she didn't commit.

Family > Bitcoin > Everything Else

Generate your own energy

“Perpetual & ever accelerating wealth inequality built into the system which will end up tearing society apart: ‘The outcome is that the debt payments and bailouts are really mutualized amongst the 99% while the 1% asset holders see the value of their assets rise’ The middle class has been shrinking as a result of this for decades & it keeps getting worse not better. While many are distracted by political culture wars to vent their discontentments most people are missing the real monetary war that has been unleashed on them over which they have no control & currently have no democratic option to change. Both parties benefit from this as the larger population remains woefully ignorant as to the causes of these trends that are hurting their life prospects. This monetary war is what the focus should be on, this war should be on the forefront of media and debates for collective awareness of the implications is the only way to bring about change & identify workable solutions.” -Sven H Is he on NOSTR?

Solar and wind generation technologies are winning because of the economic value they bring to the grid. They displace a portion of 1950s era design that is extremely expensive. Has nothing to do with CO2. You think 70GW (~$70B worth of projects) are deploying capital in Texas alone because of CO2?

Let’s go Loons!