Favorites September 19th 2021
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
This is amazing.
newyorker.com
The Promise of Carbon-Neutral Steel
3:32 AM · Sep 19, 2021
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I hadn't realized that the standard process of creating steel creates CO2 directly, this can replace it: "Instead of using carbon to remove the oxygen from ore, creating CO2, we can use hydrogen, creating H2O"
Diogenes@WallStCynic
@ChinaBeigeBook The real risk is to the Chinese Economic Model, not to the State-centric banking system. Despite all pronouncements over the past decade, China is more dependent on real estate (in all forms) than before Xi arrived.
3:22 PM · Sep 19, 2021
39 Reposts · 124 Likes
This is really confusing.
DoubleOKevin@KevBot_007
Audience reactions to GoldenEye. Spot anyone interesting toward the end?
11:38 PM · Sep 18, 2021
4.16K Reposts · 35K Likes
Did not expect that ending.
Mountain View YIMBY 🥑@MVyimby
Amazing analysis of zoning by @urbanmountainv. How is the land use divided in #MountainView? How many homes are in each zoning area?
jisaacstone.com
Zones and Density in Mountain View
9:49 PM · Sep 19, 2021
2 Reposts · 7 Likes
Really great graphs, I've never seen all this info in one place.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Germany is simultaneously doing cool and impressive things with renewal energy and squandering those gains with premature nuclear plant closures.
2:30 AM · Sep 20, 2021
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It’s actually a resin figurine on a mini-golf course.