Pluralistic: Circular battery self-sufficiency (06 Aug 2024)

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Circular battery self-sufficiency: 125m of tons of battery material is one *seventeenth* of our annual road transportation oil extraction.
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An end to the climate emergency is in our grasp: We mustn't let capitalism snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Solar is a market for (financial) lemons: Our Slow AIs have an alignment problem.
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Fight inflation with a windfall profits tax: Step one: tar. Step two: ???
Russian "ESG" investments were always about financing invasions and murder: Enjoy your rouble-denominated coupons, assholes.
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Feds gouge states, subsidize corporations: The Federal Reserve is overcharging local governments and showering money on zombie corporations.
Cadillac perfects the murdermobile: "It took 13 children seated in a line in front of the Escalade before the driver could see the tops of their heads."
Solar's "miracle material": A perovskite breakthrough.
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Wood-metal worry beads: Chris Bathgate's latest, "The Woody."
Overly descriptive color palettes: Handpicked from the Colorschemez bot.
American Prospect high-school essay contest: An antidote to the Ayn Rand Institute contest.
Snowden's Box: The logistics of leaking are a mix of tradecraft and philosophy.
Alteon cuts covid-fighters' pay: $20k paycuts for docs fighting covid-19.
Tiktok Kremlinology: Systematically exploring Tiktok's algorithm.
American employment exceptionalism: Why the US is losing jobs much faster than other countries.
Solar as a beneficial fad: How good ideas spread.
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