"An independent ICCT analysis found that as battery-pack costs fell from 2020 to 2025, prices of electric Class 8 tractors in the European Union fell by 32%… while prices for comparable big rigs in the United States rose by 27% (about $87,000)."

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The co-founder of Quaise, an enhanced geothermal company that digs super-deep wells, recently gave a keynote talk claiming that "geothermal has potential to become the backbone of the world’s energy system." Worth a read/watch:

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Counterpoint: factory jobs are HORRIBLE and it's better than robots do them instead of people. Mechanization of agriculture was a triumphant human achievement, and mechanizing factories should be too. BUT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THE PROFITS DON'T SIMPLY ACCRUE TO THE RICH.

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Remembering this WSJ graphic from 2007. Been thinking about "reverse statistics" lately, which means deriving the minimal set of assumptions that justify a result. Here I wonder if there is any function of the data that when max/min would produce such a curve. Ordinary Worst Squares?

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