ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a gray rhino and a black swan in a standoff with a looming wall of water about to crash down on them
A year and a half ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk, to have a wide ranging conversation about risks we tend to ignore, Asian vs Western perceptions of risk, black swans, climate change, COVID, … [continued]
Following a temporary drop in congestion due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the amount of travel delay commuters experienced in 2022 tied with the previous peak years of 2018 and 2019, with 54 hours of delay per year. Delay due to congestion not only wastes time and fuel, but … [continued]
A piece from Bloomberg a few weeks ago tells us that it’s time for everyone to return to the office. Why? Because it’s good for us! How does the author, who admits to having worked remotely for most of her career, justify this? Well, she’s talked to older workers and … [continued]
Indigenous groups in Brazil are worried the health impacts of the inescapable smoke from the upcoming fire season will be even worse than normal as many struggle with the after-effects of COVID-19, Thomson Reuters reports. Climate change is making wildfires worse and a report from the Global Climate and Health Alliance finds … [continued]
As I type this, more than half of all adult Americans have received a COVID vaccine and life is, in a lot of ways, starting to look a bit like it did before the deadly virus first appeared. But, while millions of adults have been vaccinated, young kids still don’t … [continued]
A few days ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the use of copper and copper alloy surfaces to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 (hat tip to K10 on Twitter). The use of copper alloys is an ancient technology that requires less energy to produce than steel and … [continued]
ZOLA Electric is one of many distributed solar companies thinking about what COVID-19 means for their business and how solar can be deployed to help combat the pandemic.
India witnessed a new record-low solar power tariff in one of the recently concluded national level tenders. The new tariff bid is 3% lower than the previous record low bid which was first discovered in 2017.
At the moment, we have had over a quarter million deaths due to covid-19. This death toll will continue to rise until the virus infects everyone and causes millions of deaths, or until we defeat it, either by social distancing and contact tracing, a vaccine, a treatment, or whatever tools we employ, including new technologies. I am personally fascinated by the potential of covid-sniffing dogs.
Barely days after announcing that renewable energy project developers would be allowed to exercise force the majeure clause to seek extension of commissioning deadlines, India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has expanded the scope of this relief.
