Julio Aráuz
@jarauz7f.bsky.social
Information networking, wireless communications and energy harvesting researcher for IoT. Graduate Director at the McClure School - Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA.
Whatever Trump may claim, renewable electricity does not make electricity systems unreliable. @nathanielbullard.com with the receipts. SAIDI = system average interuption duration index, a measure of the average cumulative electricity service outage per customer (aka how much time the power is out)
We at @planetmoney.bsky.social are constantly reading the work of economists and other social scientists to glean ideas, evidence and insights about the economy, and, more generally, the confusing world around us. Welcome to the inaugural installment of the Planet Money Econ Roundup!
5 economic papers that lit up our brains — and what they say about our confusing world
We at Planet Money are constantly reading the work of economists and other social scientists to glean ideas, evidence and insights about the economy, and, more generally, the confusing world around us...
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If you add up all the fossil power plants in Germany you get 70 GW. The average energy use is 50 GW. Now know that there is a backlog of battery project seeking approval of over 225 GW! This indeed is a tsunami! And we'd better learn how integrate these batteries into the grid fast!
Christian Breyer@christianonre.bsky.social · 2y ago“Battery tsunami:” Projects totalling 226 GW seek grid connection approval in Germany reneweconomy.com.au/battery-tsun...
For those questioning the data, here are some links: www.evfiresafe.training/ev-fire-late... spectrum.ieee.org/lithium-ion-...
02.1 EV battery fire data | EV Fire Safe
How many EVs catch fire? Where do they catch fire? And what causes EV batteries to catch fire? Our stats broken down into an easy overview.
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Broad, shallow intelligence (BSI) is a much more accurate term for the #AI we have today. Not #AGI /via @garymarcus.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
AGI versus “broad, shallow intelligence”
The BSI we have now, versus the AGI we want
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Nueva traducción de uno de mis artículos mas populares. humantransit.org/el-problema-... (In English: humantransit.org/2020/02/the-...)
El problema del muelle de pesca en la equidad del transporte público — Human Transit
Read in English ¿Has escuchado alguna vez a las personas decir: “Ellos tuvieron una mejora en el transporte público en su vecindario ¡Nosotros también merecemos tener una en el nuestro”? Sin embargo ¿...
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This is why you should call it decongestion pricing.
Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · 2y ago“I see a difference, definitely,” said Tony, who has spent 18 years as a bus operator for the MTA. “There have been no delays the entire week, and when I look to my left and right down the avenues I can see all the way down – I’ve never seen it like that.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/10/m...
Outside academia, “congestion pricing” sounds like a term coined by the idea’s opponents, because it combines words for 2 unpleasant things, like “death taxes.” The better terms “decongestion pricing” or “congestion relief zone” describe what the price buys for those who pay it.
Brilliant analysis of the global EV market and how innovation is key to the US (both in America and in China). @mliebreich.bsky.social @aukehoekstra.bsky.social youtu.be/SqCmwc1rocM?...
EXCLUSIVE: Former GM Exec Warns Tesla and China’s EV Domination Is Unstoppable
YouTube video by Brighter with Herbert
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Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from #Canada. In the world's least unexpected news story, World Energy GH2 is reported to be abandoning plans to export green ammonia from wind power in Newfoundland and Labrador, and looking to create a data centre instead. www.theenergymix.com/renewables-c...
‘Renewables Campus’ in Newfoundland Pivots from Hydrogen Exports to Data Centres
A company hoping to build a multi-billion-dollar wind-to-hydrogen project in western Newfoundland is eyeing other options as Canada's plans to supply Europe with green energy have not yet materialized...
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A year ago, I called the idea of using Canadian wind power to make green hydrogen then ammonia, liquefying that for export, regasifying it on arrival, re-extracting the hydrogen and generating electricity, a thermodynamic turd. Ugly language, but accurate. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/busi...
Hydrogen hype: 'History will have a good laugh' at us - Halifax Examiner
Hydrogen hype is ramping up in Nova Scotia. EverWind Fuels CEO Trent Vichie recently told the Colchester Municipal Council that his company’s proposal to build massive new wind facilities in the provi...
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The idea that young people think Elon is cool is beyond parody. Every single person I met on Xitter who sung his praises (thousands of them over the years) was a middle-aged white guy.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2y ago"The shades, the bomber jacket, the whole vibe. Elon makes us cool" Nigel Farage claims of Elon Musk, who is close to Donald Trump as one of the least popular public figures in Britain, across all age groups.
Taming Silicon Valley, which warned of the rise of the tech oligarchs and their influence on Washington, was just named one of @politico.com’s The Digital Future Daily books of the year.
'REPUBLICANS CUT CHILD CANCER RESEARCH FROM FUNDING BILL AFTER MUSK’S MEDDLING' If there's just one headline to share far-and-wide today, it's this one. Make sure everybody knows. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Cut Child Cancer Research From Funding Bill After Musk's Meddling
Republicans removed funding for child cancer research from a new version of a bill to fund the government after Elon Musk torpedoed the previous deal.
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Let’s try not to make this place like X. When you disagree with something someone wrote, read the whole thread, do some research on the person first (go to their profile, google, ask chatGPT,…) before assuming they are climate skeptics. Thank you 🙏
Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 2y agothe world's coral reefs would like to have a word about "no domino effects" but they've already collapsed
11 great tips for how to procrastinate! Thanks, Google Gemini.
Julio Aráuz@jarauz7f.bsky.social · 2y agoToday Google's Gemini asked me if I wanted help with my messages to be a more effective communicator. I clicked on "yes". A button appeared that read "tips for procrastination". Here is what I got... Apparently procrastinating is a great skill to have. Thanks Google!! @garymarcus.bsky.social
Today Google's Gemini asked me if I wanted help with my messages to be a more effective communicator. I clicked on "yes". A button appeared that read "tips for procrastination". Here is what I got... Apparently procrastinating is a great skill to have. Thanks Google!! @garymarcus.bsky.social
I sent this to my brother, who is an engineer who works on HVAC technology. Said it would be nice if this comes out soon, as the industry is currently freaking out about refrigerant phase outs. R32 is not a drop in replacement because of a "slightly flammable" classification.
John Smillie@johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 2y agotechxplore.com/news/2024-12... A team at the Ames National Lab developed, for the first time, a magnetocaloric heat pump that rivals the traditional vapor compression technology on all three attributes of weight, cost, and performance.
Not so long ago, we would go to libraries and take out books, and find that someone else had underlined the key passages before us, and feel grateful to inherit some of their efforts. I prefer that to the word association gibberish of the ChatGPT era.
We're less than a week away from our live celebration of 2024 Schneider Award winner @leahstokes.bsky.social! There are still some tickets available, so make sure to snag yours now before we fill up 🎟️
Leah Stokes: 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication
Climate One is delighted to present the 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication to political scientist Leah Stokes.
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I know Biden is quite unpopular, but my honest view: the man weaponized being exceptionally boring to pass the most progressive set of policies a USA administration has seen in many decades. He got some things wrong, but he also got nowhere near the credit he deserved for what he accomplished.
Kenneth Russell DeGraff@fe2o3isrussell.bsky.social · 2y agoIt’s not Tim Ryan’s fault for not knowing Biden already did this in February. The core problem is Biden did so much but was unable to sell any of it to a population largely unable or unwilling to hear it.
90% of new US electricity capacity Jan-Sep 2024 from #WindWaterSolar Wind 2,626MW-10.95% Wat 213MW-0.89% Sol 18,635MW-77.7% WWS 89.5% Gas 1387MW-5.78% Bio 6MW-0.025% Nuc 1100MW-4.59% Oil 11MW-0.046% Oth 8MW-0.033% Tot 23986MW) environmentamerica.org/updates/90-o... @neumannjo.bsky.social
90% of new electricity capacity in 2024 to date comes from renewables
Solar accounted for 78% of all new electricity generation capacity from January through September 2024
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Nearly all new cars now come with automatic emergency braking and other safety features. Researchers say these systems are saving lives, but there's still debate about how to make them better.
Crash prevention technology shows 'huge potential,' but the roadmap is up for debate
Nearly all new cars now come with automatic emergency braking and other safety features. Researchers say these systems are saving lives, but there's still debate about how to make them better.
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ChatGPT at Age Two, an analysis of what has and hasn’t changed and where the field is still stuck. Short holiday read, w Ezra Klein cameo. open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
ChatGPT, at Age Two
The bullshit just keeps on coming.
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Good read here by @garymarcus.bsky.social on 2 years of chatGPT - which has shown little improvement in that time, despite constant hype and billions of $$ open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
ChatGPT, at Age Two
The bullshit just keeps on coming.
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Circa 2030, replacing an EV battery pack will cost no more than replacing an internal combustion engine insideevs.com/news/742022/...
Battery Replacement Costs Are Poised To Plunge: 'Cheaper Than Fixing An Engine'
A new report highlights the outsize effect of falling lithium prices on used EVs and second-life batteries.
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People over on the site where many of us used to hang out sound a bit jealous, maybe? Personally, I don’t feel the need to return to Elonia.
Berny Belvedere@bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 2y agoThey’re in the denial stage.
