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Apr
Mega-wut? Making sense of energy metrics

Mega-wut? Making sense of energy metrics

When I first started learning about clean energy, I struggled to contextualize the many numbers, units of measurement, and abbreviations that get thrown around. This is my attempt to make it easier for you than it was for me.
6 min read
28
Mar
The clean energy transition: why you want it, the sickos who don’t want you to have it, and how we’re gonna get it anyway

The clean energy transition: why you want it, the sickos who don’t want you to have it, and how we’re gonna get it anyway

We are so close to living in a world in which everyone on earth has access to clean, renewable energy. A world without wars fought over oil. A world without air pollution, which kills 7 million people every year. And, yes, a world that sees the reversal of climate change.
5 min read
13
Mar
A chef holding a magnet in one hand and a battery in the other; their energies are combining in a frying pan on an induction cooktop.

Induction stoves with built-in batteries: how to boil water in 40 seconds

Boil a liter of water for pasta or tea in less than a minute. Preheat your oven 4x faster. Bake, fry, and broil at precise, consistent temperatures. This is the power of induction ovens with built-in batteries.
20 min read
13
Mar
A silhouette of a person with the top of their head opened up like a can of beans: a cloud of clean energy resources are flowing into the open headspace.

Everything you need to know about the clean energy transition if you’re not sure you know anything

The clean energy transition to powering everything imaginable with 100% clean energy is already underway. But how long the transition takes is still very much unknown—and not just because Big Dystopia is doing everything they can to slow it down.
13 min read