A broad look at America’s energy future this morning. We think a week during which people were in the dark – by the millions – is a pretty good time to relight the discussion about energy. We considered a discussion of how this week was very much like a Grid Hard Down scenario, but thought … Read More
Snow should melt a bit more, today. And in celebration, Looking Outside the Box steps into the kitchen with a lesson in post-storm attitude adjusting! “Now that the powers on .. relax and have some yellow cake Cake 1 yellow cake mix 4 eggs 4 ounces butter 1/2 cup vegetable oil 11 ounces mandarin oranges drained … Read More
Political Control 101: “Never let a Good Crisis Go to Waste.” Something very strange jumped out at us while looking at the AI looking at the news flow: I think, by-golly, we may just have the first “political climate character assassination” to do a post-mort on. The story, under headlines like “Ted Cruz flew to Mexico as … Read More
My friend Wally, whom I haven’t heard from for years, introduced me to the old saying “Screwed the Pooch and sold the Pups…” around 1999, or so. You can follow the notion, probably. So, our first point is that America (land of the Pooch) is maxed on wrong-headed solutions – promoted only because they are … Read More
Some things we got right – a few things wrong. What ate the key lessons from the second major storm series to hit Texas this year? Some Surprising learnings. First though, a look at some headlines – yeah, about Texas – and then into the ChartPack before we “Go outside and “play in the snow…” … Read More
Peoplenomics MAY or MAY NOT publish tomorrow. Blame the Power Weasels. Not for a lack of good faith effort on our part. We have 3.5 kW of solar. The power went off at 4:40 PM and here we are – 6:57 PM – waiting for the frigging 45-minute outage to be completed. Hello? Check the Apple … Read More
My first foray into the Frozen South results in several “life in the Outback” notes. Solar panels had to be re=swept – remove overnight frost. Daily here shortly. Computer 2 is on charge. Big energy bank is 23.8V. Only spot freezing in food storage (mushroom soup cans 31.7F…) No broken water anywhere (waiting for the … Read More
Super short this morning because Elaine and I are short of power. No matter how much contingency planning you do, a high of 8 F and chills well below zero – are not the kind of thing you normally plan for. Here’=’s the national picture and this snap of all the cold parts will ove … Read More
Sure – this site is about finance. Dispensing with that: Bitcoin is still absurd ($47.5K ea.) and the stock and bond markets in the U.S. are closed in honor of my upcoming 72nd birthday Presidents Day. Markets are open elsewhere in the world: Europe was up modestly earlier. And Japan was up almost 2% to … Read More
Woo-Woo or Ultra-Science? That’s the Question. It has been popular in American politics of late to diss all manner of disagreeable and still “information-controlled” alleged facts as “Conspiracies.” To this, the Denying Party then proclaims that ALL Conspiracies are Wrong. This morning, we show otherwise. UFO MATERIAL: Recovered and Tested Although nothing new to our Peoplenomics readers, … Read More
And another… M 7.1 – 70 km ENE of Namie, Japan Details on USGS site here: M 7.1 – 70 km ENE of Namie, Japan (usgs.gov) Fuk’ed, didja say? No tsunami, but see the details over at Time “Strong Earthquake Strikes Japan.“
Two items besides a very “toppy looking” market on the agenda today. One has to do with the critical nature of having the right partner if TSHTF. While the other is an update for a long-time friend who is updating his bug-out strategies. So, with Big Winter (*where’d that “climate hype” go?) bearing down, we … Read More
Been a wild week around here. So my special thanks for us for a couple of readers who have generously shared from great ideas to roll with this weekend. First up, our star gem cutter up in Albuquerque checks in with? “Nancy’s Most Excellent Crab Cake Recipe” First, I use a 10 1/2 inch seasoned iron … Read More