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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Ty LaStrapes

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We're Headed For A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions - Business Insider - 4 views

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    The most holistic article I've read all year.
Ty LaStrapes

Q&A: Bill Gates on the World's Energy Crisis | Magazine - 5 views

  • You could have the government throw money at the most politically favored guy in the country to go build a battery factory. And there are billions of dollars that have been assigned to that waste. Or you could actually back people who have better battery ideas.
  • We’re putting 90 percent of the subsidies in deployment—this is true in Europe and the United States—not in R&D. And so unfortunately you get technologies that, no matter how much of them you buy, there’s no path to being economical. You need fundamental breakthroughs, which come more out of basic research.
Ty LaStrapes

Smart Transformers - Technology Review - 2 views

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    Controlling the flow of electricity to stabilize the grid
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US navy chief: I'm on a mission to stop using oil - tech - 10 May 2011 - New Scientist - 2 views

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    By no later than 2020, at least half of all energy that the navy and marines use afloat, ashore and in the air will come from non-fossil fuel sources.
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Ten Brighter Ideas? An Explorable Explanation - 2 views

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    We're given guidelines as soundbites, catchy but insubstantial. We trust them blindly, not knowing whether our actions make any significant impact. Digital documents aren't subject to the constraints of paper. We should hold modern propaganda to a higher standard. By all means, be catchy, eloquent, passionate, and inspiring. But we must be able to dive through the pretty words to see the data and sources beneath.
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