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thought crime's JournalUtah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash
Are we Stoopid?
Wind Powered Cargo Ships
Using wind to power ships is not exactly a new idea but it may be an old idea whose time has come. It's important to remember that fuel savings == lower carbon output.
Thanks to 'littlemissmartypants's post about electric cargo ships for reminding of this. I'm posting as a separate thread because it's about wind, but both posts are about the transition to clean energy/power.
Anemos wind-powered cargo ship
More on wind-powered cargo ships
And here’s the ship Kwai using traditional sail-assist; a ship that has a happy crew. (Beautiful Video with great music). I watched this vessel sail into Honolulu a couple of years ago. This falls into the "Small is Beautiful" category.
Worlds first permanent nuclear waste site
A 1.9 billion-year-old bedrock will soon house the world's first permanent nuclear waste siteExcerpt:
Construction of Onkalo—which means "cave" in Finnish—began on the west coast in 2004. It sits on the secluded island of Olkiluoto, in a dense wooded area. The closest town is Eurajoki, about 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) inland, which is home to about 9,000 people. Many work at the nuclear power plant or storage facility.
The 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) project could soon become operational, with authorities expected to grant a license within months.
The Associated Press took a tour of the facilities where humans soon will not be allowed to tread.
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-finland-spent-nuclear-future-generations.html
The article describes the current state of the art for storing nuclear waste. Note that the site has been under construction for over 20 years. The site must be functional for tens of thousands of years.
Fusion power may never be cost-competitive with renewables, study warns
Excerpt:
Researchers at ETH Zurich recently carried out a study aimed at further exploring the cost-effectiveness of two established fusion approaches, called magnetic fusion and inertial fusion. Their paper, published in "Nature Energy", suggests that the costs of fusion technology will very likely decrease slower than earlier works predicted. Thus, fusion power plants might ultimately fail to compete with other renewable energy solutions.
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-fusion-power-competitive-renewables.html
New Airborne Wind Turbine
From Scientific American
"Traditional wind turbines operate by rotating their blades when wind strikes them, thereby generating electricity,” said Weng Hanke, co-founder and chief technology officer of the turbine’s maker, Beijing Linyi Yunchuan Energy Technology, to Euronews. “This generator functions similarly, except that power generation occurs not at ground level but in the air.” As the blades spin, cables carry electricity to the ground."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-is-reportedly-testing-a-new-airborne-wind-turbine/
This is an example of innovation occurring in the Wind Energy industry. "Windmills" come in many shapes and sizes. The wind is out there (and up there) and it's free for the taking.
Are we letting Trump & Co. "brand" Antifa?
I think there has been a gradual increase in defensiveness about the use of Antifa as a unifying term of resistance. Is the obvious effort to negatively brand the term succeeding? Would you feel okay about being a part of Antifa? Would you feel okay about seeing people show up to a protest with a flag showing the Antifa symbol?
Is anyone resisting this effort? Do we have any Democratic politicians willing to say "I am Antifa, we are all Antifa?"
Are we afraid to be called Antifa (Anti-Fascist)?
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