A good essay on our loss of trust.
Nuclear Reactors
I met Vanessa a few years ago at a CONFERS meeting.
The Catastrophic DEF Shortage
Solar Desalination
Good News From Boca Chica
[Update early afternoon]
Bob Zimmerman says that the good news is mitigated.
[Update a while later]
Elon may have to pull an all-nighter for those history reports.
How Much Would It Cost To Live In Space?
A meaningless article. No one is going to pay those kinds of costs to live in space. Fortunately, they won’t have to.
Fusion
…in spaaaaace. In half a decade.
I’m skeptical, but it would be great obviously if it works, and I’m glad that DIU is funding things like this.
[Update a few minutes later]
Link added now, sorry.
“Social-Justice” Advocates
…don’t get to just exempt themselves from politics.
Cambria
..is running out of water.
We’ve occasionally considered moving up there, but this is disquieting. The coastal commission should be abolished.
Inflation
Virginia Postrel remembers the seventies.
So do I.