Not sure why I keep following the hopelessly corrupt and dysfunctional Texas Power Grid. Seems there is a law that is trying to impede the building of new power lines. These would mostly be used to get power from places it is generated, like on wind farms in the panhandle, to places where it is needed, like cities. Seems to be a move to lock in existing grid players and exclude new ones.
Dystopia for Realists
From The Baffler. A good read on regulating automation, mostly in the form of Artificial Intelligence.
Dystopia for Realists
In Praise of Difficult Children
From London Review of Books.
In Praise of Difficult Children
China’s unrivaled 70-day heat wave
I see bits about this on the news but hadn’t realized the scope. From Axios.
China’s unrivaled 70-day heat wave
Yet Another 1,000 Year Flood
While still in a drought, Dallas has a “1,000 year flood”.
Dallas area hit by 1-in-1,000-year flood
Solar In Texas
The dirty (or perhaps clean) little secret is that solar is keeping the lights (or at least the A/C) on during this brutal Texas summer. It seems Texas solar is up over 39x in six years. And it’s on a steep upward curve.
Texas solar output is up 39x in six years:
June 2016: 69.8 gigawatt-hours
June 2022: 2,729 gigawatt-hours
Recent Ramens
During the pandemic, and as a big part of this blog in the early days, I had regular posts of my lunchtime ramens. I still am making ramen, but maybe not as often. Anyway it seems like a pandemic thing (not that the COVID-19 pandemic is over). Anyway, a few recent ramens.
Dark Brandon, explained
from Slow Boring.
Dark Brandon, explained
One Main Character
I ran across this a while back, but I tend to ignore Twitter. These folks on Digg pick out the best (worst?) of Twitter on a daily basis.
Steven A. Guccione 