“Absolutely Bonkers” Year for Storm Chasers – As Project2025 Seeks to Unravel Weather Research

PBS interviews with storm chasers as well as NOAA researchers on this season’s historic spate of tornadoes. A reminder that Project 2025 seeks to break up and disperse NOAA and the National Weather Service, selling off America’s scientific Crown Jewels for parts – because in thei … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 1 month ago

Exploding Pop Cans Add to Airlines Hot Weather Woes

Increased turbulence, passengers boiling on the tarmac, cancelled and diverted flights, windows blowing out – now this. NPR: Summer temperatures across the U.S. are so high that they’ve created problems at cruising altitude, causing some overheated beverages to burst midair on a … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 1 month ago

Abandoned Pits and Shafts are Goldmines for Energy Storage

Taking hold everywhere, the oldest, most proven energy storage technology, pumped hydro, is ramping up once again in the energy transition. Compressed Air Storage is a newer tech, but equally easy to understand. Abandoned mines offer opportunities for both.Stories here from all o … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 2 months ago

Project 2025’s Anti Science Agenda Would Cost Lives

Project 2025 is your one-way ticket to the 19th century, the wondrous age of Robber Barons, Polio, massive child mortality, and women who knew their place. PBS News Hour: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump again vowed to shut down the Education Department and endorsed a Louisian … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 2 months ago

Range Anxiety Receding as Chargers Multiply. And they Have Waffles.

Waffle House a leader in deployment as fast charging soars. Waffle House. Bloomberg: At the current pace, public fast-charging sites will outnumber gas stations in the US in about eight years — but charger momentum is only expected to accelerate. North American operators will spe … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 2 months ago