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Energy blogging

Pylon transmission power lines

We’re currently living through two trends that are quickly converging with force. First, the electrification of the energy system: a long-running focus of environmentalists, who know that there is no way to combat climate change without changing things that run on fossil fuels to work off the electric grid. Sure, the electric grid currently is pretty dirty, but it’s long been far cleaner than burning straight fossil fuels, and the electric grid has the capability to get cleaner. So, we have things like cars, stoves, hot water heaters, furnaces, etc., joining the electric grid in massive numbers....

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We are so f**cking back

Stringer Bell saying "I want you to put the word out there that we back up"

I would like to welcome you to the next chapter in Verities and Vagaries history. We were a web log founded in the twilight years of the web log golden era (circa 2010). We were founded to have fun with the medium, while also staying true to our probably too-earnest sensibilities as probably too-earnest political thinkers and actors. We also wrote a ton about booze. But as we aged, our jobs got more demanding, and the web blogosphere started fading (so did we). The bastards killed Google Reader. As such, the effort just wasn’t at-hand to keep...

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