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David Roberts
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"People in the US are poised to endure another summer of unusually ferocious heat and there will be little respite in the years ahead, with a new study finding that the coming 15 years could see a doubling in hospitalizations due to heat-related illnesses."
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Sounds familiar ...
Today on Volts: a few weeks ago, NERC (which oversees the reliability of the bulk power grid) issued a rare "level 3" alert about data centers. It seems their habit of taking 100s of MWs offline in the blink of an eye doesn't play well with the rest of the system. We discuss solutions.
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Imagine having *life* in your streets, rather than just cars.
This was a really useful episode on an issue that is critical for regulating data centers but has been almost completely off the radar to this point.
I find fundamentalist religion so viscerally repulsive. What kind of pathetic person would *want* a partner like this?
Sharp rise in hospital visits will in turn drive up annual healthcare costs for heat-related conditions to over $1bn
A third of world’s energy needs should come from electricity by 2035, says Turkish minister Murat Kurum, as he sets out priorities priority for this year’s UN climate summit
The congresswoman finished fifth in the state’s GOP gubernatorial primary, according to unofficial returns, solidly losing even her own home county and district.
Solar just produced more electricity than coal in the US for the first month ever
and it won't be the last...
Over the last two decades, the role of coal and solar in the US mix has changed drastically
May 2006: 🪨 48%, ☀️ 0%
May 2016: 🪨 26%, ☀️ 2%
May 2026: 🪨 12%, ☀️ 13%
PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Worldwide Annually
David Roberts
Can you imagine if like 4 people wanted to park their cars here?
David Roberts
Over Bible-study doughnuts and discipleship-group tea, I learned the rules of submission.
Today on Volts: a few weeks ago, NERC (which oversees the reliability of the bulk power grid) issued a rare "level 3" alert about data centers. It seems their habit of taking 100s of MWs offline in the blink of an eye doesn't play well with the rest of the system. We discuss solutions.
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Ron Johnson: "Don't blame Republicans. I know they say we control the Senate. We don't."
Nicolas Fulghum
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How massive AI & crypto loads are threatening grid stability, and what Colin McCormick and Doug Bryan say we must do to fix it.
