Now, this is what happens when folks like PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) fail to improve our electric grid. (You have been hearing that the heat dome in California will force the state grid to either shut down or reduce power dramatically.)
Continue reading Micro-Grids? Maybe…
We’ve already talked about the push for alternative energy sources that are part and parcel of the Inflation Reduction Act (sic). $ 370 billion for clean energy and climate control is certainly a big investment.
Continue reading Energy Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (sic)
Let’s get real. This new bill, the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, does include a tax credit for those of us (who earn less than $ 150K [Single]/ $225K [Head of Household]/ $300K (Married) who purchase electric-powered vehicles (EV)
Continue reading Credit for buying an EV
So, one of the first facets of this massive Inflation Reduction Act (sic) was the Chips and Science Act of 2022. This portion of the overall pacakge runs more than 1000 pages long.
Continue reading Chips and Science Act 2022
Yes, it’s true. Despite everyone thinking Congress can’t get anything done, another major package has been passed- and signed into law by President Biden.
Continue reading Inflation Reduction Act (sic)
I am not quite sure we thought this all the way through.
After dealing with two years of economic dislocation, supply chain disruption, and deaths due to the pandemic, we are now in yet another period of deprivation.
Continue reading Economic Morass
Putin’s ruthless, war-crime laden invasion of Ukraine is continuing.
Most of the world is worried about the bombing of civilian targets. OK- they really aren’t, but they do lament them. Instead, the world complains about the effects of the war on the price of fuel, which drives worldwide inflationary rates.
Continue reading Imminent Danger
I ran across this little blurb- and it piqued my interest. The largest carbon capture project in the UK plans to convert the carbon dioxide it captures into sodium bicarbonate. In particular, the goal is to use that sodium bicarbonate for use in dialysis, among other needs. That’s 40,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year (right now, the capture facility capacity is 36K tons). Amazingly, that means this would produce enough sodium bicarbonate to supply some 750K patients a year.
Continue reading A different view of dialysis?
I know, I know. You are pissed as hell that gasoline prices are over $ 5 a gallon. And, that means freight prices are zooming up, so our food and sundry items are also manifesting inflationary increases.
