Fracking Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale basin has not only yielded petroleum fuels but also bountiful lithium, such that it could supply nearly half of America's lithium needs. Seems like great news, right? But lithium is only a small part of what EV car batteries need. Much of it is copper, of which there isn't enough in the world to supply EV manufacturing needs.
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Besides, car companies are losing money on the EVs they try to sell. Thinking people don't want them. It's just not worth it.
The layoffs at OHSU are beginning. Apparently this has spurred the nurses in the Providence system to strike, according to this article, although it's not clear to me how there's a connection.
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This is clear evidence that public schools are just lefty indoctrination centers. The public school teachers union will screen teacher candidates on their stance in the Israel-Hamas war. Wrong answers only. What does an Oregon public teacher have to do with Hamas? With the Hamas baggage will come other lefty beliefs, I'm sure. This is why Oregon spirals downward.
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It's starting. Hartford, Connecticut has citizen police walking the streets, because the police are inadequate. This may take off nationwide.
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Climate science is about to make a huge mistake. By changing from RCP8.5 to REP7.0 modeling, climate scientists are going to embrace implausible scenarios over more likely ones. Which means more unnecessarily dire warnings and dumb carbon policy (and more taxes).
––– 凄い ––– It's been almost a year since the tragic Lahaina fire in August 2023. Many residents are still homeless and staying in hotels. Now the money is running out, and now Hundreds Remaining in Hotels to be Kicked Out Monday, June 10. The linked headlines below made me shake my head:
