"Geothermal energy was once confined in theory to areas of geothermal activity, but if one drills deep enough, there’s extreme heat from the planet’s core essentially everywhere to be harnessed to make steam and drive turbines to create carbon-free electricity 24 hours a day when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining."
#solarpunk #geothermal #renewableenergy
Art Farmer – Farmer's Market
https://album.link/i/1443191926
#jazz #music #vinyl #nowplaying
Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce (tracks: C1 to C4)
Art Direction – Tony Lane (2)
Baritone Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: B3 to B5), Oscar Estell (tracks: B1, B2)
Bass – Addison Farmer (tracks: C3, C4 to D4), Monk Montgomery (tracks: B1, B2), Percy Heath (tracks: A1 to A4, B3 to C2)
Drums – Joe Jones* (tracks: C3, C4), Art Taylor (tracks: B3, B4, B5), Elvin Jones (tracks: D3, D4), Herbie Lovelle (tracks: D1, D2), Kenny Clarke (tracks: A1 to A4, C1, C2), Sonny Johnson (tracks: B1, B2)
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Liner Notes [Summer 1973] – Dick Hadlock*
Photography By [Cover] – Lee Tanner
Piano – Duke Jordan (tracks: C3, C4), Horace Silver (tracks: A1 to A4, B3 to B5), Kenny Drew (tracks: D3, D4), Quincy Jones (tracks: B1, B2), Wynton Kelly (tracks: D1, D2)
Producer – Bob Weinstock
Remastered By – Mike Reese
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse (tracks: B3 to B5), Cliff Solomon* (tracks: B1, B2), Hank Mobley (tracks: D3, D4), Sonny Rollins (tracks: A1 to A4)
Trombone – Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: B1 to B5)
Trumpet, Horns, Flugelhorn – Art Farmer
"Landing on the planet Regis III, navigator Rohan and his crew discover a form of life that has apparently evolved from autonomous, self-replicating machines — perhaps the survivors of a “robot war.” Rohan and his men are forced to confront the classic quandary: What course of action can humanity take once it has reached the limits of its knowledge?"
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/stanislaw-lems-prescient-vision-of-artificial-life/
#books #bookstr #scifi #StanislawLem
Plus, love overcomes all. And the inviolability of free will.
"In a post-scarcity society, why is the Federation so dull when it comes to eating? This suggests that the availability of any dish at any time via replicator has actually stifled the culinary traditions of Earth and perhaps the Federation at large."
Finally, someone gets how evil post scarcity is.
https://www.startrek.com/news/post-scarcity-earthlings-culinary-traditions
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#postscarcity #startrek #scifi
The 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture's "plant hardiness zone map" is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 2012 map across the contiguous U.S.
#climatechange #solarpunk
Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder
#jazz #music #vinyl #nowplaying
Bass – Bob Cranshaw
Design – Reid Miles
Drums – Billy Higgins
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
Mastered By – Ron McMaster
Photography By [Cover] – Francis Wolff
Piano – Barry Harris (2)
Producer – Alfred Lion
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Trumpet – Lee Morgan
"Bifacial solar panels capture diffused or reflected sunlight that hits the back of the panel, rather than only capturing solar energy on the sun-facing side ... Researchers are already exploring ways to enhance this ‘ground albedo’ effect with different types of ground coverings, including vegetation. That could lead to additional enhancements in solar cell efficiency on farmland."
#solarpunk #renewableenergy
I was thinking about this a lot. Great article.
I'm with you on this.
"Portugal produced more than enough renewable power to serve all its customers for six straight days."
Q: What are the psychological reasons we might avoid acting on the information we have about climate change?
A: Fight, flight and freeze mechanisms are an integral part of the older part of the brain … It’s affective, and it’s emotional … When you’re presented with traumatic information, the self-regulatory processes that normally work in a fluid manner are disrupted to the point where you cannot take in information.
#ecopsychology #solarpunk #climatechange
https://boulderweekly.com/boulderganic/ncar-scientiest-weight-of-the-world/
Very interesting. Also, helluva reason to become a Jungian psychotherapist. Wouldn't have occurred to me.
Q: What are the psychological reasons we might avoid acting on the information we have about climate change?
A: Fight, flight and freeze mechanisms are an integral part of the older part of the brain … It’s affective, and it’s emotional … When you’re presented with traumatic information, the self-regulatory processes that normally work in a fluid manner are disrupted to the point where you cannot take in information.
#ecopsychology #solarpunk #climatechange
https://boulderweekly.com/boulderganic/ncar-scientiest-weight-of-the-world/
Sidney Bechet – The Grand Master Of The Soprano Saxophone And Clarinet
#jazz #music #vinyl #nowplaying
Clarinet – Sidney Bechet (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B6)
Ensemble – Bob Wilber's Wildcats (tracks: A2, A6, B3), Sidney Bechet Quartet (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B1, B2, B4, B6)
Liner Notes – George Avakian
Performer [Quartet], Bass – Pops Foster (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B1, B2, B4, B6)
Performer [Quartet], Drums – Arthur Herbert (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B2, B4, B6), Freddie Moore (tracks: A4)
Performer [Quartet], Piano – Lloyd Phillips (2) (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B1, B2, B4, B6)
Performer [Wildcats], Bass – Charlie Traeger (tracks: A2, A6, B3)
Performer [Wildcats], Clarinet – Bob Wilber (tracks: A2, A6, B3)
Performer [Wildcats], Cornet – Johnny Glasel* (tracks: A2, A6, B3)
Performer [Wildcats], Drums – Dennis Strong (tracks: A2, A6, B3)
Performer [Wildcats], Piano – Dick Wellstood (tracks: A2, A6, B3)
Performer [Wildcats], Trombone – Bob Mielke (tracks: A2, A6, B3)
Performer, Baritone Saxophone – Ernie Caceres (tracks: A3, B5, B7)
Performer, Bass – Henry Turner (tracks: A3, B5, B7)
Performer, Drums – Zutty Singleton (tracks: A3, B5, B7)
Performer, Electric Guitar – Leonard Ware (tracks: A3, B5, B7)
Performer, Piano – Dave Bowman (tracks: A3, B5, B7)
Soprano Saxophone – Sidney Bechet (tracks: A2, A6)
I picked it up. Can't wait to read.
"The punk in both solarpunk and cyberpunk refer to rebellion."
Dami Lee. Always interesting.
#solarpunk
"Rather than drinking real alcohol, Starfleet officers can drink this new substance [synthehol] which balances the pleasurable effects of getting a buzz on. However, in case of the odd all-hands Red Alert, synthehol does not have the deleterious effects real alcohol has."
Once again science has failed to deliver.
#postscarcity #startrek #flyingcars #scifi
https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-synthehol-fake-alcohol-explained/