The GSA is shutting down its EV chargers, calling them ‘not mission critical’
The idiocy of this. 🤦♂️
Carbon removal is the next big fossil fuel boom, oil company says
Hmm…trying to decide if I care about their motives or not. Yes, I hate the idea of them using carbon capture to generate more oil production, yes I hate them making a profit ‘fixing’ the damage they’ve already caused. But CO2 out of the atmosphere is the ultimate goal, so whatever rationale they need to find to do so?
Your Brain Doesn’t Work the Way You Think — Freakonomics Radio
Another great interview with Eagleman. I love that there is actually science on repurposing the visual cortex, humans learning to echolocate, and so on. Marvel’s Daredevil isn’t all that far fetched after all.
How to Close a Shipping Lane — How to get on a Watchlist
Some great discussions in this one, particularly about the choke points in global trade and about how not all of the potential ‘worst case scenarios’ are conflict related (e.g. climate change making the Panama Canal unviable - which Mexico is already working to capitalize on).