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Having a wind turbine in your viewshed has a negligible impact on home values. Don Quixote and NIMBYs have spent significant energy fighting windmills (technically wind turbines in the case … Continue Reading To See Or Not To See
Replacing aging infrastructure is no joke. One of the big pluses of living and working in a wealthy society is that power and heat are perpetually available to paying customers … Continue Reading The Death of a Power Plant
Bitcoin miners are making the world even worse. New Book Tuesday is the best day of the week Chez Auffhammer. Especially when there is a new Michael Lewis release in … Continue Reading Saving Coal – One Bitcoin at a Time
How we (could) harness innovations from racing for road transport. My father has always been obsessed with race cars. I recall many a time sitting on some hot aluminum bleachers … Continue Reading Drive to Survive
An EV takeover will likely remove the last of the combustion engine hum, which should make the elves very happy. I turned 50 yesterday and am currently on vacation in Iceland, … Continue Reading A Love Letter From Iceland
We need better and simpler information technology for better decisions. It’s the time of the year when I start yelling at the family to not set the thermostat to 67 … Continue Reading The Uninformed and Out of Control Energy Consumer
Saving water saves energy. A new study shows a fun way to do so. As the father of a teenager, I appreciate the value of a shower. Positive externalities abound. … Continue Reading Disco Shower or Consumption Shaming?
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