Two electric buses burn up
There’s kind of, sort of, a problem with electric vehicles catching fire. Dozens of electric buses will be taken off the streets of Paris temporarily “as a precaution” after two…
Green power in California not as green as it looked: State imports much electricity from other states
Note – that’s 2013-2017. The mix may have changed in 2018-2022. But it seems likely this is a real issue (see other chart in the linked report). And, Gov. Newsom…
Surely, mitigations and masks were super effective: “EU estimates up to 80% of population has had COVID”
Source: EU estimates up to 80% of population has had COVID
Automation in fast food delivery: Chipotle
Source: Chipotle staffing back at pre-pandemic levels, company is exploring automation, CEO says As noted here many times in the past, automation is coming to fast food. We’ve seen it…
The “dueling experts” problem
Every day during the pandemic there are dueling “experts”. If the public is confused about inconsistent, contradictory and incoherent messaging, it is the public’s fault, of course. You are the…
Why inflation is out of control?: “80% of All US Dollars in Existence Have Been Printed in Just the Last Two Years”
If you want to know the scope of the fiscal nightmare approaching, realize that since January 2020, the United States has printed nearly 80% of all US dollars in existence.…
So much for mitigation measures: “More than half of Americans have had COVID infections”
Following the record surge in COVID-19 cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58% of the U.S. population overall and more than 75% of younger children have been infected with the…
Microsoft’s new laptop designed to be opened up
While not yet a perfect solution, Microsoft has released a video showing how to open up the Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio notebook computer. Opening is fairly straight forward, without lots…
Wow: University of Washington develops 2nd generation Covid vaccine, will distribute royalty free too
Impressive: The University of Washington has developed a COVID vaccine and will soon have it shipped overseas for use. Source: University of Washington develops COVID-19 vaccine, South Korea to order…
Red Bull ‘plane swap’ stunt violated FAA rules and crashed the plane
They should have hired Trevor Jacob for this! Pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington were unable to complete the never-before-seen stunt as one plane went out of control. Source: First…