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This is just f'ing awesome: tiny little solar power plants are sprouting on German balconies. A *million* of them now!
This needs to be legalized in the US, ASAP. I want my own balkonkraftwerk.
This needs to be legalized in the US, ASAP. I want my own balkonkraftwerk.
Germany's balcony power plants double in a year to 1 million
The number of "balcony power plants" in Germany has doubled over the past year to almost 1 million, according to the German Solar Association (BSW). "We are working on the assumption that the milliont...
www.yahoo.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is just f'ing awesome: tiny little solar power plants are sprouting on German balconies. A *million* of them now!
This needs to be legalized in the US, ASAP. I want my own balkonkraftwerk.
This needs to be legalized in the US, ASAP. I want my own balkonkraftwerk.
Züge mit Umluft kühlen kann schlecht enden...
10000ppm = 25% der Luft in dem Zug ist frisch aus den Lungen der Reisenden. Neben der enorm hohen Infektionsgefahr ist das auch ein Bereich in dem starke Müdigkeit, Kopfschmerzen, Konzentrationsverlust eintreten können und die TSI sieht 5000ppm als reguläres Maximum vor (ohnehin viel zu hoher Wert).
June 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Züge mit Umluft kühlen kann schlecht enden...
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10000ppm = 25% der Luft in dem Zug ist frisch aus den Lungen der Reisenden. Neben der enorm hohen Infektionsgefahr ist das auch ein Bereich in dem starke Müdigkeit, Kopfschmerzen, Konzentrationsverlust eintreten können und die TSI sieht 5000ppm als reguläres Maximum vor (ohnehin viel zu hoher Wert).
May 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
10000ppm = 25% der Luft in dem Zug ist frisch aus den Lungen der Reisenden. Neben der enorm hohen Infektionsgefahr ist das auch ein Bereich in dem starke Müdigkeit, Kopfschmerzen, Konzentrationsverlust eintreten können und die TSI sieht 5000ppm als reguläres Maximum vor (ohnehin viel zu hoher Wert).
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@alecstapp.bsky.social:
"Not sure how many people realize that battery storage already supplies 30% of California’s electricity demand at peak.
Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now."
#alwaysbecharging
www.economist.com/united-state...
"Not sure how many people realize that battery storage already supplies 30% of California’s electricity demand at peak.
Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now."
#alwaysbecharging
www.economist.com/united-state...
May 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@alecstapp.bsky.social:
"Not sure how many people realize that battery storage already supplies 30% of California’s electricity demand at peak.
Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now."
#alwaysbecharging
www.economist.com/united-state...
"Not sure how many people realize that battery storage already supplies 30% of California’s electricity demand at peak.
Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now."
#alwaysbecharging
www.economist.com/united-state...
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I love how famous @aukehoekstra.bsky.social is by now:
Jesse Peltan:
"Every year, the Auke Hoekstra chart just keeps getting better."
🌞🌞🌞
#alwaysbecharging
Jesse Peltan:
"Every year, the Auke Hoekstra chart just keeps getting better."
🌞🌞🌞
#alwaysbecharging
May 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I love how famous @aukehoekstra.bsky.social is by now:
Jesse Peltan:
"Every year, the Auke Hoekstra chart just keeps getting better."
🌞🌞🌞
#alwaysbecharging
Jesse Peltan:
"Every year, the Auke Hoekstra chart just keeps getting better."
🌞🌞🌞
#alwaysbecharging
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Automotive battery market is growing strongly again:
+38.8% vs. Q1 2024
💹 Chinese battery cell producers are having the highest growth rates
🔋🔋🔋
#battchat #alwaysbecharging
+38.8% vs. Q1 2024
💹 Chinese battery cell producers are having the highest growth rates
🔋🔋🔋
#battchat #alwaysbecharging
May 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Automotive battery market is growing strongly again:
+38.8% vs. Q1 2024
💹 Chinese battery cell producers are having the highest growth rates
🔋🔋🔋
#battchat #alwaysbecharging
+38.8% vs. Q1 2024
💹 Chinese battery cell producers are having the highest growth rates
🔋🔋🔋
#battchat #alwaysbecharging
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CATL presents new sodium ion battery. Roughly the same energy density as LFP. 90% capacity at low temperatures of -40 C and operating up to 70 C. (Translation/Voice over is terrible though.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ga...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ga...
April 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
CATL presents new sodium ion battery. Roughly the same energy density as LFP. 90% capacity at low temperatures of -40 C and operating up to 70 C. (Translation/Voice over is terrible though.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ga...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ga...
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BSW ist für Linke, die an die rechte Propaganda glauben.
April 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
BSW ist für Linke, die an die rechte Propaganda glauben.
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an El Salvador gulag, 2026, three men are talking about what they were sent there for
"I opposed Elon Musk," the first says.
"I supported Elon Musk," the second says.
"I *am* Elon Musk," the third says.
"I opposed Elon Musk," the first says.
"I supported Elon Musk," the second says.
"I *am* Elon Musk," the third says.
You guys Elon Musk appointed the head of the IRS and President Trump didn’t even know about it.
April 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
an El Salvador gulag, 2026, three men are talking about what they were sent there for
"I opposed Elon Musk," the first says.
"I supported Elon Musk," the second says.
"I *am* Elon Musk," the third says.
"I opposed Elon Musk," the first says.
"I supported Elon Musk," the second says.
"I *am* Elon Musk," the third says.
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Letzter Freitag, Arandis, #Namibia. Staatspräsidentin Nandi-Ndaitwah drückt den grünen Knopf und nimmt feierlich eine revolutionäre Industrieanlage in Betrieb.
Sie erzeugt #Roheisen, ohne direkte CO2-Emissionen, rein auf Basis von Sonnenstrom und grünem #Wasserstoff - die erste in Afrika
#Thread 🧵
Sie erzeugt #Roheisen, ohne direkte CO2-Emissionen, rein auf Basis von Sonnenstrom und grünem #Wasserstoff - die erste in Afrika
#Thread 🧵
April 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Letzter Freitag, Arandis, #Namibia. Staatspräsidentin Nandi-Ndaitwah drückt den grünen Knopf und nimmt feierlich eine revolutionäre Industrieanlage in Betrieb.
Sie erzeugt #Roheisen, ohne direkte CO2-Emissionen, rein auf Basis von Sonnenstrom und grünem #Wasserstoff - die erste in Afrika
#Thread 🧵
Sie erzeugt #Roheisen, ohne direkte CO2-Emissionen, rein auf Basis von Sonnenstrom und grünem #Wasserstoff - die erste in Afrika
#Thread 🧵
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Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
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Ja. Kann man einfach nicht mehr nachvollziehen was in den Redaktionen passiert. Reaktionär zentristisch oder naiver bothsidesism. Es macht sich auch niemand mehr die Mühe diesen Mist zu rechtfertigen oder zu erklären.
April 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Ja. Kann man einfach nicht mehr nachvollziehen was in den Redaktionen passiert. Reaktionär zentristisch oder naiver bothsidesism. Es macht sich auch niemand mehr die Mühe diesen Mist zu rechtfertigen oder zu erklären.
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Klimageld ade.
April 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Klimageld ade.
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Smart charging in Amsterdam (on a public AC charger!)
This is pretty f***** cool!
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
This is pretty f***** cool!
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
April 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Smart charging in Amsterdam (on a public AC charger!)
This is pretty f***** cool!
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
This is pretty f***** cool!
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
Reposted by Jan E
Vor Anschlägen soll es auffällige, russische Suchanfragen gegeben haben. Die Gründe, warum du hier sehr skeptisch sein solltest. www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
Warum du skeptisch sein solltest: Russische Suchanfragen vor Anschlägen?
Vor Anschlägen soll es auffällige, russische Suchanfragen gegeben haben. Die Gründe, warum du hier sehr skeptisch sein solltest.
www.volksverpetzer.de
April 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Vor Anschlägen soll es auffällige, russische Suchanfragen gegeben haben. Die Gründe, warum du hier sehr skeptisch sein solltest. www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
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Republicans and Elon Musk decisively lost their bid to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
But three days later, the GOP came closer than ever to overturning the election of a Democratic justice to the North Carolina Supreme Court. @ariberman.bsky.social reports:
But three days later, the GOP came closer than ever to overturning the election of a Democratic justice to the North Carolina Supreme Court. @ariberman.bsky.social reports:
Republicans are stealing a North Carolina judicial race. They won't stop there.
It's January 6 without the insurrection.
www.motherjones.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Republicans and Elon Musk decisively lost their bid to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
But three days later, the GOP came closer than ever to overturning the election of a Democratic justice to the North Carolina Supreme Court. @ariberman.bsky.social reports:
But three days later, the GOP came closer than ever to overturning the election of a Democratic justice to the North Carolina Supreme Court. @ariberman.bsky.social reports:
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For comparison:
* All of NASA's budget, combined, is under $25B
* USAID's HIV prevention & treatment program (PEPFAR), which provided life-saving drugs for 20 million people, had a budget of $4,2B
* Only 11 countries spend more on their *entire militaries* than that.
$45B is a staggering sum.
* All of NASA's budget, combined, is under $25B
* USAID's HIV prevention & treatment program (PEPFAR), which provided life-saving drugs for 20 million people, had a budget of $4,2B
* Only 11 countries spend more on their *entire militaries* than that.
$45B is a staggering sum.
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
For comparison:
* All of NASA's budget, combined, is under $25B
* USAID's HIV prevention & treatment program (PEPFAR), which provided life-saving drugs for 20 million people, had a budget of $4,2B
* Only 11 countries spend more on their *entire militaries* than that.
$45B is a staggering sum.
* All of NASA's budget, combined, is under $25B
* USAID's HIV prevention & treatment program (PEPFAR), which provided life-saving drugs for 20 million people, had a budget of $4,2B
* Only 11 countries spend more on their *entire militaries* than that.
$45B is a staggering sum.
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The Supreme Court will not save us.
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Supreme Court will not save us.
Trump may not need Elon anymore. Now he can get more money by expropriating all companies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Trump may not need Elon anymore. Now he can get more money by expropriating all companies.
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🚨New paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Torben Iversen: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We empirically separate economic factors from cultural backlash as competing explanations for right-wing populism, and find evidence for the former. We define the concept of “unfunded public goods.” 🧵
We empirically separate economic factors from cultural backlash as competing explanations for right-wing populism, and find evidence for the former. We define the concept of “unfunded public goods.” 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🚨New paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Torben Iversen: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We empirically separate economic factors from cultural backlash as competing explanations for right-wing populism, and find evidence for the former. We define the concept of “unfunded public goods.” 🧵
We empirically separate economic factors from cultural backlash as competing explanations for right-wing populism, and find evidence for the former. We define the concept of “unfunded public goods.” 🧵
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generell habe ich mehr und mehr den eindruck, dass europas größtes problem die alteingesessenen familien sind, die nur noch dividenden abschöpfen aber keine investmentrisiken mehr eingehen. das hemmt die europäisch-wirtschaftliche expansion.
March 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
generell habe ich mehr und mehr den eindruck, dass europas größtes problem die alteingesessenen familien sind, die nur noch dividenden abschöpfen aber keine investmentrisiken mehr eingehen. das hemmt die europäisch-wirtschaftliche expansion.
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Irre. Am Bodensee sollten 2 Fähren auf Elektro-Betrieb umgestellt werden.
Da aber die Binnenschifffahrt in Deutschland von der Mineralöl- und CO2-Steuer befreit wäre (Strom aber mit Steuern und Abgaben belastet wird) wäre der Betrieb im Jahr 520.000€ teurer. Tja.
Da aber die Binnenschifffahrt in Deutschland von der Mineralöl- und CO2-Steuer befreit wäre (Strom aber mit Steuern und Abgaben belastet wird) wäre der Betrieb im Jahr 520.000€ teurer. Tja.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Irre. Am Bodensee sollten 2 Fähren auf Elektro-Betrieb umgestellt werden.
Da aber die Binnenschifffahrt in Deutschland von der Mineralöl- und CO2-Steuer befreit wäre (Strom aber mit Steuern und Abgaben belastet wird) wäre der Betrieb im Jahr 520.000€ teurer. Tja.
Da aber die Binnenschifffahrt in Deutschland von der Mineralöl- und CO2-Steuer befreit wäre (Strom aber mit Steuern und Abgaben belastet wird) wäre der Betrieb im Jahr 520.000€ teurer. Tja.
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Oh my! It’s happening!!!
‘808 watt solar panel…a 3.1 square metre, 210-unit perovskite-silicon dual-junction tandem module has been officially validated by TUV’
First time I’ve seen a full sized module tested like this - and of course - it’s coming in in the upper 25% range! Limited data so far…
‘808 watt solar panel…a 3.1 square metre, 210-unit perovskite-silicon dual-junction tandem module has been officially validated by TUV’
First time I’ve seen a full sized module tested like this - and of course - it’s coming in in the upper 25% range! Limited data so far…
808W! Trina Solar Achieves Power Output Milestone on Standard Size 210 Perovskite-Si Tandem Module – PVTIME
www.pvtime.org
March 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Oh my! It’s happening!!!
‘808 watt solar panel…a 3.1 square metre, 210-unit perovskite-silicon dual-junction tandem module has been officially validated by TUV’
First time I’ve seen a full sized module tested like this - and of course - it’s coming in in the upper 25% range! Limited data so far…
‘808 watt solar panel…a 3.1 square metre, 210-unit perovskite-silicon dual-junction tandem module has been officially validated by TUV’
First time I’ve seen a full sized module tested like this - and of course - it’s coming in in the upper 25% range! Limited data so far…
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Unqualified success. The clearest, most inarguable public policy success in ages.
An analysis of the first 2 months of New York City's congestion pricing policy shows that road speeds increased and emissions decreased inside and out of the congestion zone, from Cook, Kreidieh, Vasserman, Allcott, Arora, van Sambeek, Tomkins, and Turkel https://www.nber.org/papers/w33584
March 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Unqualified success. The clearest, most inarguable public policy success in ages.
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The simple fact is though that it's going to take a long time - much longer than we feel comfortable with - to disentangle our military capabilities from the US.
At the same time, it's a mutual entanglement, so I expect the process to play out relatively peaceably unless the WH forces it not to be.
At the same time, it's a mutual entanglement, so I expect the process to play out relatively peaceably unless the WH forces it not to be.
March 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The simple fact is though that it's going to take a long time - much longer than we feel comfortable with - to disentangle our military capabilities from the US.
At the same time, it's a mutual entanglement, so I expect the process to play out relatively peaceably unless the WH forces it not to be.
At the same time, it's a mutual entanglement, so I expect the process to play out relatively peaceably unless the WH forces it not to be.