Obviously Bridenstine was very well prepped for this but a really solid performance nonetheless!

Fans of renewable energy anticipate a bonanza blowing off the coast of California. But a map released by the U.S. Navy puts large swaths of the state off limits to future offshore wind farms — including all of San Diego and Los Angeles, extending up to the Central Coast.

Source: Offshore wind farms are planned for California — but the Navy says no to large sections of the coast

Southern Company and TerraPower Prep for Testing on Molten Salt Reactor

Source: Southern Company and TerraPower Prep for Testing on Molten Salt Reactor | Department of Energy

This reactor may be able to burn up spent fuel/waste from current fleet of light water reactors!

TerraPower is the thing Bill Gates is involved with that has been working on a traveling wave reactor; this is news to me that they’re working on a molten salt reactor now.

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This week’s streaming recommendation column looks at an early bit of cult film whimsy from Peter Jackson’s pre-Lord of the Rings era.

Source: Long before The Happytime Murders, Peter Jackson’s Meet the Feebles featured perverted puppets – The Verge

Waymo’s taxi service won’t need many drivers but will need plenty of other workers.

Source: Self-driving cars will destroy a lot of jobs—they’ll also create a lot | Ars Technica

Three-thousand steel poles, ten new electrical power facilities, and enough conduit to span 51 miles of tracks are just part of what’s involved in Caltrain’s $2 billion electrification …

Source: Caltrain Electrification Charges Forward – Streetsblog San Francisco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FihyD1KbXCc

“I cannot hide my lack of sympathy to Czerny”