Pluralistic: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) (23 Sep 2025)

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The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it): Red-teaming the fossil fuel death cult's next move.
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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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Pluralistic: Deb Chachra's "How Infrastructure Works" (17 Oct 2023)

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Deb Chachra's "How Infrastructure Works": Mutual aid, the built environment, the climate, and a future of comfort and abundance.
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Pluralistic: 20 Oct 2020

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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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