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Coal Makes a Comeback, Fueled by War in the Middle East

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2 points·by melling·2 months ago·0 comments

Hochul Moves to Weaken Aggressive New York State Climate Law

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4 points·by melling·4 months ago·1 comments

Second-warmest winter in U.S. history

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8 points·by melling·4 months ago·0 comments

Jet Engines Are Powering Data Centers

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3 points·by melling·5 months ago·0 comments

Trump to Direct Pentagon to Buy Coal Power to Revive Industry

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12 points·by melling·5 months ago·3 comments

Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Regulatory Rollback

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17 points·by melling·5 months ago·3 comments

Diosdado Banatao, Chip Designer, Investor and Entrepreneur, Dies at 79

wsj.com
2 points·by melling·6 months ago·1 comments

The Fight to Fix Prostate Cancer Care

bloomberg.com
4 points·by melling·9 months ago·1 comments

Inklings Society

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3 points·by melling·10 months ago·1 comments

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melling
·last month·discuss
Yes, and the other reason is we don’t invest enough.
melling
·2 months ago·discuss
I think he’s really just trying to spur your imagination into imagining if someone like that had lived longer.

Anyway, this conversation has been had repeatedly. Many people seem to be unable to imagine that positive benefit of much longer lives.

Suppose that’s why “Science advances one funeral at a time.”
melling
·2 months ago·discuss
It appears he had cancer and something about the treatment caused his death.
melling
·2 months ago·discuss
Cheap and plentiful fossil fuels.

We’re rolling back CAFE standards too.
melling
·2 months ago·discuss
Don’t forget environmentalists have been fighting against nuclear energy for decades.

Update: Since I’m being downvoted I’m going to add a little sting:

Good luck with your solar power web servers and skipping flights.

Poor judgement really does have a price. It’s now inevitable that it’s going to get a bit warmer… everywhere. We’ll be lucky to hit Net Zero by 2100.
melling
·2 months ago·discuss
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/iran-energy-cr...

It’s quite impressive how the world is unable to reduce greenhouse emissions.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
A guess?

That’s what people always say until science progresses. I remember when we believed HIV would not be treatable.

Science advances one funeral at a time.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
91 is respectable for a reasonable man in the early 21st century. A few unreasonable people want a bit more.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
No, there really isn’t.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
Fortunately EVs are also cheaper. Unfortunately, the US has a 100% tariff on the less expensive Chinese EVs and batteries.

Better and cheaper does win.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
If they’re better, you don’t need mandates.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
You’re part of the problem, not the solution. There’s an entire political backlash against EVs because of mandates. The Trump Administration actually prevented California from having EV quotas.

Simply let in EVs from China and let American car companies go out of business.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
I suppose if you just look at a chart…
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
“The stock price has tripled since last August”

That’s just a statement of fact. I offered no other analysis.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
Pat killed Intel’s share price. Should have paid more attention to the balance sheet. I thought he would eventually turn the company around but Intel was priced for bankruptcy.

Stock price has tripled since last August. Hopefully, Intel is really back. They do need a couple of Fab customers.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
“CAR-T cell treatments”

I seen this discussed for the past several years to treat cancer. It does appear promising.

Unfortunately, it’s incredibly expensive.
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
Thorp is alive and in his 90s.

Here’s an interview with him from a few years ago.

https://youtu.be/CNvz91Jyzbg?si=vR8jxJ7iBCP0uYzk
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
I asked Gemini AI and it says the NIH spent $7.3 billion last year.

Would it be a big deal to double that?
melling
·3 months ago·discuss
Why can’t we just ask our governments to spend more on research? Want some rich person to donate $100 billion on cancer research?

The US government and European governments could find that amount of money every year.
melling
·4 months ago·discuss
https://archive.is/ECtuo