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rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine how much less humid it'd be if they grew something other than corn.

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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 3d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 5h

Funny how the currency that's supposed to protect you from govt actions is more volatile than govt-issird currencies.

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rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 19h

Nice new pavement for thee. Ice covered sidewalks for me.

rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 1d

3 weeks!

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 2d

Wake me at 5000

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

“.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

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rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 2d

Now build enough housing to avoid losing more house seats!

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rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 2d

There's a 100MW threshold in the state statute. I'd like to know if this would hit that.
Also if so, how will Ameren generate that much power?

rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 2d

Did they say how much power it would consume if fully built out?
Any on-site power generation? Backup power generation?

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

A five-point-five billion Trump golf course in Qatar, and Qatar gets an air base in Idaho.

New Trump Golf Course, $5.5 Billion Beachside Project Announced for Qatar

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rgbose.bsky.social @rgbose.bsky.social · 2d

Wouldn't the House need to ho into session to do that?
Speaker Johnson is too busy avoiding working on a budget and a vote on the Epstein files to do that.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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