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Flying but Fleeting | Migratory Birdwatching in Texas http://blog.hmns.org/2020/05/flying-but-fleeting-migratory-birdwatching-in-texas/
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Tapping the Earth’s Power https://legal-planet.org/2020/06/10/tapping-the-earths-power/
There’s been a lot of recent interest in geothermal energy. It can complement other renewables as they become a bigger part of the power mix. A recent study by DOE suggests that geothermal capacity could reach 60 Gigawatts by 2050. The basic technology is pretty simple: drill down into a reservoir of super-hot water (up to 700 °F), then use the water to run turbines. The wells have various depths, sometimes up to two miles. If the water is below 360 °F, it’s often used to vaporize some other fluid, which is then used to run the turbine. The water creates enough powerful steam to run the turbines directly. Either way, let the water cool, pump it back underground. Rinse and repeat. The economics of geothermal are complicated. The up-front capital costs mean that the levelized cost can be two or three times as much as utility-scale solar. But the big advantage of geothermal is that, unlike other renewables, it’s available 24/7, no matter what the weather. Thus, it gets a higher capacity rating. You can replace 3000 megawatts of solar capacity with 1000 megawatts of geothermal. Putting aside cost, the biggest downside is probably the potential for small tremblors, much like fracking. That’s something to keep in mind in siting projects. The attributes of geothermal become more valuable as solar and wind play a bigger part in the grid. A study by the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies indicates that geothermal could play a major role as California moves forward with decarbonization:
One way of decreasing the price of geothermal power is to use the steam for other purposes, as Utility Dive explains in a recent story. When power isn’t needed on the grid, it might be used to produce hydrogen, which can then be stored and used as a zero-carbon energy source. In some places, like California’s Salton Sea, the water may also be a source of valuable minerals such as lithium for batteries. Geothermal power has one big limitation: it depends on geology. As you can see from this map, the distribution of geothermal potential within the U.S. is spotty: The really high potential areas are all west of the Mississippi, and predominantly in the Western quarter of the country and along the southern border. But there are patches of potential scattered around in places further east where they could help balance the power grid. Geothermal is a good example of a broader lesson. Wind, solar, and storage look to be the mainstays of the future grid. But we shouldn’t focus exclusively on a few technologies. Local circumstances are going to provide unique opportunities and challenges. We’re going to need a range of options to deal with those.
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Porsche at the virtual 24h of Le Mans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0eWepI8IQo
Follow the Porsche broadcast of the virtual 24h of Le Mans live. On 13 June, we will take a look behind the scenes of the Porsche Esports Team during the race. We will have interviews with the race strategists and give you a Porsche point of view into the virtual paddock. The race starts on 13 June at 3 pm (CEST) and ends Sunday at the same time. After 24 hours of simracing, the question is: who will be the first to cross the finish line and earn the title of virtual Le Mans Champion? We're eager to find out. #nevernotracing __ Follow Porsche on Instagram: https://porsche.click/2R1FOPM Like Porsche on Facebook: https://porsche.click/3dFSRQs Subscribe to Porsche on YouTube: https://porsche.click/2WWDxZZ Visit the Porsche Website: https://porsche.click/2yprQAR *Weitere Informationen zum offiziellen Kraftstoffverbrauch und den offiziellen spezifischen CO2-Emissionen neuer Personenkraftwagen können dem 'Leitfaden über den Kraftstoffverbrauch, die CO2-Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer Personenkraftwagen' entnommen werden, der an allen Verkaufsstellen und bei und bei der Deutschen Automobil Treuhand GmbH unter http://www.dat.de/?sf118523178=1 unentgeltlich erhältlich ist. By: Porsche
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Backyard Wildlife Scavenger Hunt http://blog.hmns.org/2020/06/backyard-wildlife-scavenger-hunt/
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Trump EPA Takes Aim at Cost Benefit Analysis; Misses https://legal-planet.org/2020/06/09/trump-epa-takes-aim-at-co-benefits-misses/
An EPA rule-making on cost-benefit analysis was supposed to be a big win for conservatives and industry. They want to rig cost-benefit analysis by counting all of a regulation’s costs but only some of the benefits. But the EPA proposal issued last week appears to give them only a token victory. The issue involves what are called co-benefits, which are positive side-effects of a regulation. For instance, suppose EPA issues a rule to reduce CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants. As a side-effect, the regulation would cause emissions of dangerous particulates to plunge. That’s a co-benefit. If industry and conservatives got their way, the cost-benefit analysis would include only the climate benefits of the regulation, not its health benefits. EPA recently took a step in that direction with a revised analysis of a rule limiting mercury emissions from power plants. It justified excluding co-benefits due to the special statutory provision applying in that case. Everyone expected that the new proposal would try to do something similar on a much broader scale. Surprisingly, the proposed regulation doesn’t do so. Instead, Trump’s EPA doesn’t limit which benefits should be considered in regulations under the Clean Air Act. It would require a separate presentation of direct benefits and total benefits (with co-benefits added) — but only in the preface of a cost-benefit analysis, not in the analysis itself. Other commentators have been treating the proposal as eliminating consideration of co-benefits. In announcing the proposed rule, EPA head Wheeler said that it banned justifying a rule by reference to co-benefits. Maybe I’m missing something, but I just don’t see that in the language of the proposal. In fact, it seems to me that the rule clearly does not affect consideration of co-benefits. As the summary of the proposal says, “EPA proposes additional procedural requirements to increase transparency in the presentation of the BCA results, while maintaining the standard practices of measuring net benefits.” The proposal also says that EPA “is not proposing to specify how or whether the results of the BCA should inform significant CAA regulatory decisions.” The proposal defines regulatory benefits broadly, as “the positive changes in societal well-being incurred as a result of the regulation or policy action.” That clearly includes co-benefits. It uses similar language to define costs. Thus, it does not endorse the idea that benefits should be defined more restrictively than costs. Other portions of the proposal also push back against the conservative idea of treating regulatory benefits differently than regulatory costs. That distinction is fundamental to the argument for considering all costs but only some benefits. The preamble to the proposal points out that costs and benefits are just different ways a regulation impacts society’s welfare. They are given distinct treatment in the analysis primarily for practical reasons, because they use different methodologies. A footnote in the proposal’s preface also points out that the way items are classified as costs or benefits can be somewhat arbitrary. Some items that theoretically should be considered costs are handled instead on the benefit side of the balance sheet (as decreases in benefits). Overall, the EPA proposal seems to me like a defeat for the effort to exclude co-benefits from consideration. It relegates this distinction to the preamble of future cost-benefit analyses, excluding it from the cost-benefit analysis itself. It suggests that in general costs and benefits should be subject to the same rules. And as I noted earlier, the preface to the EPA proposal specifically says that the proposal does not affect how the cost-benefit analysis should be used in making actual regulatory decisions. There may well be other problems with the new proposal — after all, it does come from the Trump EPA. But, the proposal seems fairly innocuous on its face in terms of co-benefits. Perhaps the worst features were cut at the behest of Administration economists. From the start, the campaign against co-benefits has been purely political, since no economist would advocate ignoring subsets of regulatory benefits. Ignoring co-benefits means passing up the opportunity to issue regulations that would make society as a whole better off. That makes no sense from an economist’s perspective. Really, it makes no sense from the perspective of anyone who cares about the public interest. The post Trump EPA Takes Aim at Cost Benefit Analysis; Misses appeared first on Legal Planet. By: Dan Farber
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911 Owner Stories: Loren and his 996 GT3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCBd16cvZyk
Loren Buggs' 996 GT3 has racked up around 19,000 miles and boasts no modifications (with AC and ceramic breaks the only options it possesses). Amongst his 10-Porsche strong collection, he also owns the 2004 996 RSR Flying Lizard’s number 45. Between running a Porsche service business, racing Porsche Cup cars, and winning the Pirelli Trophy Cup four times, Loren pretty much only has time to eat, sleep and dream of all things Porsche. Here is his story. ? Petrolicious: https://www.youtube.com/user/PetroliciousCo __ Follow Porsche on Instagram: https://porsche.click/2R1FOPM Like Porsche on Facebook: https://porsche.click/3dFSRQs Subscribe to Porsche on YouTube: https://porsche.click/2WWDxZZ Visit the Porsche Website: https://porsche.click/2yprQAR *Weitere Informationen zum offiziellen Kraftstoffverbrauch und den offiziellen spezifischen CO2-Emissionen neuer Personenkraftwagen können dem 'Leitfaden über den Kraftstoffverbrauch, die CO2-Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer Personenkraftwagen' entnommen werden, der an allen Verkaufsstellen und bei und bei der Deutschen Automobil Treuhand GmbH unter http://www.dat.de/?sf118523178=1 unentgeltlich erhältlich ist By: Porsche
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Edible Archaeology: Excavate a Chocolate Chip Cookie http://blog.hmns.org/2020/05/edible-archaeology-excavate-a-chocolate-chip-cookie/
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Edible Archaeology: Excavate a Chocolate Chip Cookie http://blog.hmns.org/2020/05/edible-archaeology-excavate-a-chocolate-chip-cookie/
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