Archive: 2025-08

Uneconomic dispatch: US high energy prices is largely a choice being made by the utilities and being paid by individuals. — E.g. utilities are choosing to run their coal fleets, which are the most expensive available option, and turn off renewable generation, costing individuals $1–$2 billion annually. (while being a leading cause of CO2 emissions, and air pollution). They need their monopolies revoked. (2025-08-17 · climate, coal, energy, mlp, rmi )

How GLP-1s Are Breaking Life Insurance — GLP1s cause rapid changes in the data life insurance uses to calculate when you’ll die, but for most patients when you stop taking them you return to your original baseline. (2025-08-09 · data, glp1, health, insurance, mlp ) (via)

Solar+storage is so much farther along than you think — If you don't have a subscription to BNEF you may not have seen that battery costs are down 40% YEAR OVER YEAR, with a much more environmentally friendly bill of materials, and containerized deployment. We're used to solar following precipitously but batteries getting on that same curve fundamentally changes the economics. (2025-08-05 · battery, climate-hope, grid, mlp, solar, volts )