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The fallout from the AI-fuelled dash for gas

A supply crunch in giant turbines for gas-powered plants threatens environmental and geopolitical consequences

The case for environmentally sensitive housing

If we are serious about providing the best quality homes we must regenerate the empty built environment. Sustainability would be good too

Almost nowhere in California is building enough, according to the state. Here’s why

California ordered cities and counties to plan for 2.5 million new homes by 2030. Only five jurisdictions are on track to hit their numbers.

A year into the wreckage and salvage

It’s coming up on been a year, somehow, since I started this website/micro-studio/space to think in. What a wild choice that was, setting out in October of 2024, eyes on the horizon! We’d hoped things would turn out differently. The research and thinking I came

A Reality Check on Our ‘Energy Transition’ | The Tyee

To our peril, there’s been no green revolution. Just green addition to rising fossil fuel use.

SpaceX has built the machine to build the machine. But what about the machine?

SpaceX has built an impressive production site in Texas. Will Starship success follow?

America’s housing was built for a world we no longer live in

The United States is turning 250. Everything we want for the next 50 years starts with fixing housing.

We don’t just need electric cars, we need fewer cars - Greenpeace International

Ever since the first production car rolled off the assembly line more than 100 years ago, our love affair with automobiles has grown and grown.

The Optimization Trap: Why Too Much Efficiency Makes Us Fragile - The Great Simplification

In this episode, Nate is joined by biologist and biophysicist Olivier Hamant to explore why living systems prioritize robustness over performance, and what that means for a civilization built almost entirely in the opposite direction.

Elon Musk Is Playing God

The tech billionaire wants to shape humanity’s future. Not everyone has a place there.

SpaceXAI: Elon Musk merges two of his companies in bid for the future

The world's wealthiest man plans to create 'the most ambitious, vertically-integrated engine on (and off) Earth."

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Empowering innovators to build the future of energy

Why We Need the Jetsons and Solarpunk

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” Peter Thiel’s famous lament captures the disappointment of those of us raised on mid-20th-century technological optimism.