Favorites January 4th 2022
![Twitter avatar for @drvolts](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/drvolts.jpg)
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He goes on to point out, the yellow bar will go away as we clean up electricity sources, the orange one will not.
And once again Texas' gas production is falling, which could again lead to shortages. They had a year to prepare after last time. Definitely a 'hot dog guy' situation.
![Twitter avatar for @NASAWebb](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/NASAWebb.jpg)
![Image from October 2019 after the completion of deployment testing for the Webb telescsope's silver 5-layer, kite-shaped sunshield.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFIRgYlTXIAAAnb2.jpg)
Yeesh, 344 single point failure possibilities sounds like a lot. (I wonder what the number is for a simpler launch)
![Twitter avatar for @mattyglesias](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/mattyglesias.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @jeremydillonDC](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/jeremydillonDC.jpg)
As long as Manchin is the deciding vote, this is just how things are, we've gotta be able to be willing to cut elsewhere to meet our climate policy goals.
![Twitter avatar for @Popehat](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Popehat.jpg)
![Twitter avatar for @mmasnick](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_40/mmasnick.jpg)
Automation of enforcement is hard folks.
![Twitter avatar for @MacroPoloChina](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/MacroPoloChina.jpg)
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I know it's a bit long, but I'd like to again recommend this comparison of Xi and Deng, it was very interesting.
![Twitter avatar for @Scott_Wiener](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/Scott_Wiener.jpg)
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Speed up solar power construction, time is money!