What’s the Carbon Footprint of a Wind Turbine?
Many studies have found that the wind turbine beats fossil fuels handsomely , at least in carbon costs. But is that the whole story?
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The Data Privacy Paradox and Digital Demand
Data privacy worrywarts appear to be the most promiscuous. What gives?
Read more...Quick Comment on the Dismissal of Antitrust Suits Against Facebook
Facebook looks to have done well in having two high profile antitrust suits dismissed. But they should keep the campagne on ice.
Read more...Will Tether Bring All The Cryptocurrencies Way Down?
The more you look at the cryptocurrency Tether, the less there is to like.
Read more...Nassim Nicholas Taleb Shellacks Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies
Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains why Bitcoin is not good for much except enriching early adopters and intermediaries.
Read more...How Energy Transition Models Go Wrong
Gail Tvergberg explains why oil prices are likely to remain be lower than full costs, and how that undermines the move to cleaner energy.
Read more...The 2021 Corporate Bamboozle On World Food Systems
Mega-corporations are set to win control of global governance of food and agriculture at the UN Food Systems Summit later this year.
Read more...Biden Taps Lina Khan to Chair the FTC
Hours after the Senate confirmed her nomination to the FTC, Biden tapped noted Big Tech critic Lina Khan to chair the agency.
Read more...SoftBank-Funded Silicon Valley Unicorn Katerra, Which Was to “Transform” the Construction Industry, Collapses
Katerra, one of the rare unicorns with a real or at least plausible business, fell to Covid. Lawsuits will fly.
Read more...When Is a Co-Op Not a Co-Op? When Vested Interests in California Want to Keep Platform Workers From Having Power
California Assembly Bill 1319 is a convoluted scheme to create so-called co-ops designed to keep gig workers disempowered.
Read more...Amid a Pandemic, a Health Care Algorithm Shows Promise and Peril
A private health data service/vendor has developed a triage algo in a rapid and non-transparent manner. Why aren’t more doctors concerned?
Read more...Support for Gig Worker Union Bill in New York Collapsing After Scrutiny
A tech industry Trojan horse masquerading as a pro-union measure has been caught out.
Read more...Jared Holst: Getting Kinky for the Sake of Data
Apple is now promising to give users more control over who gets their data. But will they make it more seductive to give it away?
Read more...The Corporate Food Takeover
Corporate ownership in many sectors of food production has risen and is set to increase further. Another rentier program well underway.
Read more...The Ugly Truth About Renewable Power
Questions about how to make intermittent renewable energy production work for users conditioned to always-here power.
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