First, why all of a sudden posts on electric grid? Just because of recent Texas crisis? No … the electric grid is a complex problem and will be a gating factor for two critical strategic vectors: electric vehicles and renewable, … Read More

A decent article posted today about the condition and design of US electric grid. The story is complex and one that is a HUGE risk for our citizens as we have learned in Texas. This is the regional design and … Read More

February 10 – walking around the Meadowlark Marsh Note: Photo source below = Cornell Lab as the camera remained home out of the rain Northern Harrier: Observed mature male hunting over marsh land; white splash at base of tail and … Read More

The ever stimulating Dr H put out a post today on Children Starving in US. He quickly compares the conversation to going to the dentist or talking to your doctor about embarrassing symptoms (or things you want to avoid) … … Read More

Editorial note: Once again, Plans and Clues is going thru a redesign as I better match my interests, time and energy with the cost of posting information. – trying to maximize the time spent doing and reading things rather than … Read More

A recent study by UCSB professor Lynn Gamble indicates that native americans (first citizens) were using bead currency as long as 2,000 years ago, and maybe longer. Summary quote: “Gamble’s research not only resets the origins of money in the … Read More

Statista sometimes just amazes me with the data infographs they put together. A recent one is on the age of dams and where the average age is an alarm – source information was from UN Institute for Water, Environment and … Read More

The wonderful folks have put together a new Plastic resource center like they did earlier on coal. This is just fabulous and I’m anxious to see how it grows / matures as we, the global community, take a more serious … Read More

This research summary from University of Plymouth gives a pretty good picture of the sheer volume of plastic flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Quote below (my bold): The study represents the first investigation of microplastic abundance, characteristics and seasonal … Read More

Quote: “Greenpeace conducted an analysis of the latest SIPRI report and the organization examined the quantities of healthcare items that could be purchased for the unit price of various pieces of military hardware. For example, a U.S. Navy Virginia class nuclear powered attack submarine … Read More