Happy New Year! Wrapping up 2024.
A wrap-up of another year, the last half of which saw me writing a historically limited amount, which is a
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Nuclear Power Is Actually Not Bad. Microsoft is Bad.
Constellation just announced a deal that the generation utility will restart the surviving Three Mile Island reactor, which was shut down in 2019. That’s good news. The more complicated news is that Microsoft is buying all of that power for its data centers and artificial intelligence, both of which continue to consume staggering amounts of electricity– which they buy for far cheaper than what we peasants must pay.
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Southeast Michigan Dreams of Public Power
Municipalization of public utilities, transportation systems, and distribution systems for gas and electricity was all the rage about a century ago. Is it time to bring it back into vogue? A symposium looked at this question.
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SCOTUS Uses 14th Amendment To Kill Affirmative Action. What’s Next?
Affirmative action is officially dead, and the well-meaning liberal spin machine has already kicked into high gear to complain about how this signals the demise of racial justice in America. Thankfully, it’s far more complicated than that, and there are probably better solutions for us out there.
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Christmas 2022: Handbuilt City’s Naughty or Nice List
It’s time for the annual tradition of pointing out the winners and losers of the year in terms of who’s
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Solar Power and EV’s, If Your Local Grid Is Up For The Challenge
Power grids are complex things. Understanding the local grid capacity– as visualized by one mapping tool- can help us plan for things like rooftop solar or electric vehicle adoption.
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In Pursuit of Exelonce, Perhaps To Exel-Twice
Nat’s new job!
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