Time to make 2023 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon, comes out very soon (just sent final proofs to publisher!) worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/… amazon.co.uk/Solar-Power-Fi…

Tallinn City Government has just approved the detailed planning of the back area near the Balti Jaama Market. There's a plan to build a very quirky building over there 👀

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My eldest asked if Santa was real, so I taught her about Occam’s razor. “Which is likelier: that Santa is real, or that millions of adults are in a global conspiracy to fool children into thinking he is? I remind you that you and your sister can’t keep secrets.”

Eesti on õnnestunud riik. Aga see hala, mis kogu aeg käib, ei luba meil olla rahul. postimees.ee/7919444/nadala…

Climate deniers be like…

Italian photographer Valerio Minato just won NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

Sometimes life and humans and tech are just awesome. Here's a 🧵 on such awesomeness. It releates to these ancient Greek and Roman scrolls that we can now read thanks to AI and some creative folks Story here bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

We are inching closer to being able to communicate in language with animals. Whales may be first. What do we want to say when we do talk to them? theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Fossil fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion in 2022. With global temperatures rising to unprecedented levels, subsidies should be scaled back to help slow climate change. More in our blog. imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

Grid operators when you ask to interconnect a new project

Despite capturing less sunlight when installed upright, solar panels are being used in the Netherlands and Germany to build garden fences, as households look to save on the high cost of roof installations on.ft.com/3VIEymG

Good rundown of how countries in the Asia Pacific are embracing cultivated meat, in stark contrast to certain EU countries and U.S. states Very possible that Asia could dominate supply chains of future foods as they do with batteries and solar panels asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Asia-s…

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the

Kirjutasin kogemusloo sellest, kuidas ma ChatGPT-le oma terviseandmed söötsin, et ta mu isiklikuks doktoriks hakkaks silverhage.com/p/doktorgpt