Saturday, February 09, 2019

Things I learned lately 9 Feb


  • In 2018, the Swedish academy awarded the Nobel Prize to economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer for showing that carbon taxation is the most effective way to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
  • There's an eight in the middle of the eight of diamonds!
  • Supertramp almost always charted higher in Canada than in the US.
  • Amazon may have up to 100 delivery jets by 2025.
  • Many beaches on the Mediterranean are overrun by jellyfish because the bigger fish that eat them have been over-fished.
  • Apple reportedly replaced 11 million iPhone batteries after that performance slow-down debacle.
  • More coal-fired power plants were retired during Trump's first 2 years than all of Obama's first 4 year term.
  • "The coal industry in the US employs fewer people than Arby's. You wouldn't destroy the planet to save Arby's..." ~Kate Marvel

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