So I've been asked what my advice would be to civilian resistors in Ukriane, especially Kyiv. Someone with no military training but wanting to resist. Here are a few things #Kyiv #UkraineUnderAttack :

ICYMI. How to defend a city! Tactics that have worked across history. #Ukraine #UkraineUnderAttack mwi.usma.edu/defending-the-…

Wait til ppl see the gas prices that are coming. Conservation & renewables are the only sane direction

In 2021 Exelon’s IL div. ComEd received a $694 million nuclear bailout & a monthly rate increase that will net them $14bil in profits over 10yrs Exclusive: US utilities Duke & Exelon push White House not to sanction Russian uranium used at nuclear sites reuters.com/business/energ…

In solar, we can’t get the inverters, optimizers, & cell cards to run new solar systems bc foreign suppliers keep stopping production. Every solar client (Rep & Dem) wants to buy all American but we don’t make these things here. Plz attach strings to make ppl move prod to the US

“Whichever carmaker offers solid state batteries first will have an enormous advantage.” nytimes.com/2022/03/07/bus…

A “ghost network” haunts access to affordable health care in Springfield. Don’t miss this Target 3 investigative special tonight at 6:30.

In special apparently this is the apocalypse news, it’s going to rain invasive spiders this spring

THIS: 25 corporate and state producing entities account for 51% of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions. #ClimateCrisis #GreenNewDeal

New Yorkers are struggling to pay their utility bills as electricity prices soar. About 1.3 million households in the state are behind on payments worth $1.7 billion, putting them at risk of falling behind on other expenses like rent. ft.com/content/c3baae…

2) Fossil fuel flows are MUCH bigger (in $$$ / volume / weight). Example: Each Ford F150 needs about 300 barrels (40 tonnes) of oil over its lifetime. Putin sells it to you now for >$30k. Raw battery cell material for an electric Ford F150 Lightning is 0.5 tonnes costing <$1k!

3) Raw materials for renewable energy are not burned and can be recycled. So we can take an old Ford F150 Lightning and with current tech reuse ~95% of the battery. Now we only need to import 2.5 kg / 5.5 pounds of new battery material, costing just 50 dollar per giant car.

4) With fossil fuels, substitution is hard. Once you have something that runs on a fossil fuel, it needs (lots of) that fossil fuel. With renewable raw materials the substitutes are endless. E.g. you can make batteries with sodium instead of lithium and iron instead of nickel.

JUST IN: The state fines HCSC (parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois) $339,000 for failing to report a “material change” to the IL Dept of Insurance after kicking Springfield Clinic out of network, significantly reducing the number of providers in its network.

Next Wednesday the heads of Exxon, Chevron, BP America, Shell America and shale producers Pioneer and Devon will testify to Congress over high gas prices. Name of the hearing sums up the vibe they'll face - "Gouged at the Gas Station: Big Oil and America's Pain at the Pump"

Here we go again -- another Antarctic heatwave may be coming soon. In the 10-day forecast, areas near the South Pole may reach more than 30C (54F) above average. The heat will also be impacting West Antarctica and the Thwaites glacier. Stay tuned.

Facebook’s parent has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom it accused of improperly taking over user accounts, in some cases allegedly for bribes wsj.com/articles/meta-… via The Wall Street Journal

Ars Technica to the Rescue fbdisabledme.wordpress.com/2022/11/17/ars…

.Andrea Mitchell is doing the worst reporting on the Tiktok ban. Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram all voluntarily share our data with government. They’re all turning over period tracking data to local cops now. They also sell it to anyone who wants to buy it. TikTok is not unique