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Renewable Friday: Pegging the Bogosity Meter [1]
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Date: 2025-04-18
The current maladministration is Hell-bent on destroying the US economy, science, legal system, health, and all of our climate programs—NOAA, EVs, and now wind power, with maximally bogus excuses and with Drill, Baby, Drill. I begin today with a New York wind project being shut down.
Not actually shut down, but temporarily halted pending review.
The President said that he meant only to prevent licensing of future wind projects, and that existing projects could proceed right ahead. But not Burgum, who is demanding that the licensing program is deeply and illegally flawed. Independent review says that there are only minor issues. We could improve it, for example by increased consultation with native tribes. There is no interference with fisheries or whales, or the view from Whatsit’s golf courses.
Bogotification
The joke theory of Quantum Bogodynamics begins by positing a fundamental particle, the bogon, which is the irreducible quantum of bogosity. It is preferentially emitted by suits and techbros, and is known to interfere greatly with first-time public tech demos. The standard example is now the Tesla Cybertruck introduction, in which the supposedly shatterproof windows shattered. Twice. But this is by no means the only Cybertruck tech disaster attributable to fundamental bogosity.
The antiparticle of the bogon is the cluon, which has a great affinity for the intelligent and (Oh, noez!) the diverse, but is known to be able to pass unimpeded through great numbers of MAGA heads, only rarely interacting and revealing important truths. This is evident in the vast morass of denial of, well, everything that is so typical of MAGAdom.
As always, our main topic in this Diary series is the beneficial effects of the generic cluon, with some attention to bogotic denial and obstruction, and the resulting karma, as above.
x (Inside EV’s) — Tesla is in the midst of a customer exodus. According to new data from Edmunds, folks are leaving the fleet faster than ever, with trade-ins up 250% year-over-year in Q1 2025. @insideevs.com $TSLA
insideevs.com/news/756848/...
[image or embed] — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
x I’m disappointed by this “both sides” framing in this reporting. It’s not that wind industry supporters dispute the contentions. It’s that the contentions are entirely made up with no evidence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/n...
[image or embed] — Robert Ferry (@robertferry.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
🇨🇳 has halted exports of key rare earth metals in response to 🇺🇸 tariffs (now 145%). These 17 elements —central to EVs, wind turbines, and jet engines— are mostly mined and processed in China, which controls 90% of global supply.
The Cluonic World
x 'We don't have a climate crisis — we are the crisis': Environmentalist Paul Hawken on why honoring life is the best thing we can do against climate change.... www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
[image or embed] — Mr and Mrs Trellis (@thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
x 2024 saw renewables generate a record 45% of Europe's electricity. Renewable power generation and electricity demand are highly sensitive to environmental conditions, which are shaped by phenomena occurring across different timescales.
https://bit.ly/4lrRI1G #ESOTC2024 #C3S
[image or embed] — Copernicus ECMWF (@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
x A fascinating thing about my region is that a lot of solar PV demand comes from our Amish neighbors -- which means the system I have was designed to be pretty isolated, since that's what people are used to. I'm kind of loving the behavior changes it's prompting. — Emily Grubert (@gruberte.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
x More and more police forces adopting more and more electric vehicles to their fleets for cost savings and operational advantages, like Singapore police www.straitstimes.com/singapore/tr...
[image or embed] — Prof Ray Wills (@profraywills.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
x If Hyundai is sweating tariffs, it doesn't show. UAW boss slaps automakers, VW CEO slaps dealers, and you can read all about it right now in Critical Materials. insideevs.com/news/756819/...
[image or embed] — InsideEVs (@insideevs.com) April 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
x A new study finds that wind, solar, & battery projects are creating enormous tax revenue for small Texas towns that don't have many other sources.
[image or embed] — David Roberts (@volts.wtf) April 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One thing you can always talk to Republican businessmen about is $$Real Money$$(TM).
x California designs a trade plan to blunt tariffs. Be careful, China expert says.
->The Christian Science Monitor | #Tariff #TradeWar | More info from EcoSearch
[image or embed] — Climate, Ecology, War and More by Dr. Glen Barry (@bigearthdata.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
x Solar has taken a big bite out of Queensland coal's lunch, now wind is eating into its midnight snack | RenewEconomy reneweconomy.com.au/solar-has-ta...
[image or embed] — Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm (@charlierichmond.bsky.social) April 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Earth Matters: Princeton research cut for promoting 'climate anxiety'; fluffy pups ain't dire wolves by Meteor Blades
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