Lake Powell and Lake Mead Water Levels Drop to Historic Lows — Read on http://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/us/lake-powell-water-level.amp.html We visited Lake Powell in May this year. Beautiful but already the water levels were low. Now they are at record lows over the past 50 years As the article notes, low water levels can impact farming and electricity generation.
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Renewables are second highest source of electricity generation in the US
link.morningbrew.com/click/24584778.823563/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubW9ybmluZ2JyZXcuY29tL2RhaWx5L3N0b3JpZXMvMjAyMS8wNy8yOC9rZXktcGVyZm9ybWFuY2UtaW5kaWNhdG9ycy1qdWx5LTI5P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bW9ybmluZ19icmV3/5d8fae44cff06b6411445e87Bb7329dc3 Definitely happy to read this today. Given all the extreme weather news about heat domes, flash flooding etc it’s good to see that the strategic future we need to reduce our emissions is starting to take hold. Renewables have been growing well and are now at the level of nuclear. Btw Nuclear is alsoContinueContinue reading “Renewables are second highest source of electricity generation in the US”
Delta spreads to more states; Nevada has highest fatality rate but overall US fatalities remain low and the market is rising
Delta is definitely on the spread and fatalities rising in some states – but overall US average is good – prompting optimism in the markets
Break through in batteries ‘iron-air’
From Today’s Morning Brew and WSJ comes news of battery developments that can be cost effective for utility scale energy storage. This is critical to advancement of sustainable energy as most sources of sustainable energy are variable in output (think solar). Storing in cheap batteries for use later is critical. This development below lowers theContinueContinue reading “Break through in batteries ‘iron-air’”
Go France
Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do to help people help themselves. The delta variant is a serious risk and France is not taking it lightly. Read below – from Morning Brew (my favorite news blog) Starting yesterday, not being vaccinated for Covid-19 in France is like not drinking your morning coffee: LifeContinueContinue reading “Go France”
India may have 3 million covid deaths
From NY Times today: “Many people here said that the government of India is hiding deaths. The government of India compiles the numbers sent by state governments and publishes it,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new health minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, said in Parliament. “Our job is only to publish the data.” The estimate of more thanContinueContinue reading “India may have 3 million covid deaths”
Delta Rising: Louisiana and Nevada added to the list. A pandemic of the unvaccinated.
US COVID cases are pulling up – largely due to rise of cases in unvaccinated people – concentrated in the South. Another summer surge?
Countries with sharply rising covid cases
A graphical view of the case curve from some of the larger countries with high levels of Covid.
COVID has more sequels than the Fast & Furious Franchise
What does COVID and the Fast and Furious have in common… more sequels
Arkansas and Missouri are not with the program
A few states are not with the vaccine program – the path to the success by now is clear…. get vaccinated
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