Before NIMBY, a few notes: The debate yesterday between JD Vance and Tim Walz was a TIE .  CNN showed that Walz's favorability rating went from 46% to 59%, while Vance's improved from 30% to 41%. Recent Veep debates have been mixed. Here is a  list of the three best and worst Veep partners in recent history .  The absolutely worst was probably Sarah Palin in 2008.   GOP nominee John McCain wanted to pick his longtime colleague Senator Joe Lieberman, but instead impulsively chose little-known Palin, who became a Saturday Night Live hit.   One reason is that Tina Fey played such a terrific Sarah Palin . Worse, Palin gave a series of disastrous interviews. About her debate against Joe Biden, she lost, but kind of redeemed herself for her "folksy grit."   Some reviewers went so far as calling it a draw.   This is something you don't want to do, but if you are a masochist,  watch the entire 1.5 hour debate .  In 2008, Biden already ...

This blog site began fifteen years ago focused on renewable energy.  I of course regularly return to this topic.  Today another of my Wednesday postings on this subject. But first, the  latest on the Lahaina Apocalypse : Death toll up to 106. President Joe and First Lady Jill Biden  will visit Lahaina this coming Monday. Why the Maui wildfires were so deadly . The  New York Times  reported the following: China is the world's biggest polluter. The good news is that China already produces more electricity by solar/wind than any other country. Further, China had vowed to double its capacity of wind and solar power by 2030...and is on track to meet that goal, actually, by 2025. But how can it be #1 in fossil fuel pollution, and also #1 in the renewables? It is large. They are in a good transition. On the one hand, China's cleantech revolution is   surging ; on the other hand, China's consumption of coal and other fossil fuels is also   surging . ...

But first, a news flash:   DONALD TRUMP FOUND GUILTY.  E. JEAN CARROL IS AWARDED $5 MILLION .  What will this mean to his presidential candidacy?  Well, the worst is yet to come.  Democrats will try to delay any further prosecution of this heel, for they want him to screw up the Republican Party. My very  first posting occurred on 29 April 2008 .  It was entitled SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth and Humanity, the title of this blog.  I said: Some relative costs per gallon: Gasoline in USA $ 3.50 Gasoline in Hong Kong $ 7.50 (similar to Europe) Scope Mouthwash $ 15.00 Gallon of Beer in Restaurant $ 20.00 Evian (naïve backwards) $ 21.00 Brake Fluid (mostly oil) $ 34.00 Johnny Walker Black Label Scotch $ 160.00 Vick’s Nyquil $ 180.00 Channel #5 Perfume $4000.00 Computer printer ink $5000.00 I further said the price of petroleum just shot past $110/barrel, but that is only $2.62/gallon.  Energy is expensive, but cheap.   If you sc...

This blog site began with renewable energy, added the environment, then expanded in all other directions because of my book,  SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity .   Today, back to energy, and mostly from  Energy Matters , soundbites from the  American Energy Society . Top 5 hot topics at the end of 2022 Energy security. U.S. policy successes. Hydrogen. Transmission/pipeline infrastructure. Tie:  liquified natural gas and fusion. Five years ago (end of 2017) it was: President Trump. U.S. LNG production. Battery storage. Smart-grids. Autonomous vehicles. Here are the top stories this past year. January. There are 13 new lithium gigafactories under construction, just in the U.S., causing a supply imbalance. Solar power accounts for half of the new electric generating capacity in the U.S. February. Russian invades Ukraine. Global coal markets set new production records. March. Oil prices jump above $100/barrel. Electricity and nickel prices go haywire. Countries ign...