Favorites September 28th 2022

Toronto, March 2022

Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

"The analysis (by @JesseJenkins) found that if the US builds out transmission lines at the pace of the past 10 years (a glacial 1% annually), it would result in more coal and natural-gas consumption in 2030 than if the green energy-focused Inflation Reduction Act hadn’t passed."

Manchin's permitting reform plan was scrapped a few days back, something along those lines is absolutely necessary.

Darrell Owens @IDoTheThinking

Gov. Newsom signs California's biggest zoning reform into law. Multifamily homes 3-6 stories is now legal on every zoned commercial lot adjacent to a wide street and low income homes legal on every zoned commercial and parking lot -- bypassing council approval & immune to CEQA

YIMBY got three of our four big bills this year! Newsom had some words for San Francisco specificaly, regarding housing. Where cities couldn't make it happen, the state has done it, faster than anyone has seen before.

Ian Fraser @Ian_Fraser

Italian cyclist Michael Guerra uses his knowledge of physics and aerodynamics to adopt a “plank” position and overtake his competitors.

The bike must be a fixie, he has to slow it down using his feet on the tires. Plus, no brakes.

🏳️‍🌈Michael Ducker @miradu

it's really disappointing to see the nytimes first coverage of cruise's law abiding driving as 'incredibly slow' and wistfully complaining they can't speed 'at over 30 miles an hour'. sorry it's actually driving safely?

nytimes.comStuck on the Streets of San Francisco in a Driverless CarA reporter and a photographer went for a ride in an experimental autonomous vehicle operated by the General Motors subsidiary Cruise. There were bumps in the road.

There are totally legit complaints to make about AVs in SF, but complaining they are driving the speed limit is a but ridiculous.

Threads

• Larry Summers on the need for a Jones Act exemption for Puerto Rico. The Biden admin approved a waiver, although it would be nice if the legislature repealed it.

• Short thread about the how the Fed's Quantitative Easing differs from what the UK is currently doing.