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17 connected korrents · 13 moments on record from 3 Nov 2008 to 7 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about climate change.

Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under nuclear power nuclear power Everything filed under cybersecurity cybersecurity Everything filed under solar solar Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Switching to sustainable energy is the one effective, scalable tool available to prevent catastrophic climate change. Switching to sustainable energy is the oneeffective, scalable tool available toprevent catastrophic climate change. Last stated 3 weeks ago 1 Sept 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Climate change is at its core an energy problem, since burning fossil fuels for energy is the main driver of emissions. — tap to centre the map on it Climate change is at its core anenergy problem, since burning fossilfuels for energy is the main driverof emissions. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: If the industrial stack is not off fossil fuels within ten or twenty years, the country gets poor twice over — the way Britain did when its coal ran out, and again when Florida floods. — tap to centre the map on it If the industrial stack is not offfossil fuels within ten or twentyyears, the country gets poor twiceover — the way Britain did when itscoal ran out, and again when Floridafloods. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is politicallyunreliable as an answer to climatechange, because every major accidentfreezes reactor constructionworldwide for another decade. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Mar 2024 SP Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The upcoming U.S. elections are the last real chance to shift fast enough from oil and gas to solar and wind to limit global warming. — tap to centre the map on it The upcoming U.S. elections are thelast real chance to shift fastenough from oil and gas to solar andwind to limit global warming. Last stated 3 weeks ago 30 Aug 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it A Mars base is not a backup plan forclimate change or nuclear war,because self-sufficiency there iscenturies away. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-related cybersecurity damage over the next year or two will fall well short of the harm caused by Covid or global warming — tap to centre the map on it AI-related cybersecurity damage overthe next year or two will fall wellshort of the harm caused by Covid orglobal warming Last stated 3 weeks ago 1 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: All five mass extinctions were ultimately climate change — the climate shifting faster than life could adapt to it. — tap to centre the map on it All five mass extinctions wereultimately climate change — theclimate shifting faster than lifecould adapt to it. Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Carbon capture technology is worth continuing to research, even though it is not yet a solution to climate change. — tap to centre the map on it Carbon capture technology is worthcontinuing to research, even thoughit is not yet a solution to climatechange. Last stated 2 weeks ago 7 Sept 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar-powered data centre can cut its power draw a great deal while giving up very little compute, which is how it survives a run of bad weather. — tap to centre the map on it A solar-powered data centre can cutits power draw a great deal whilegiving up very little compute, whichis how it survives a run of badweather. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: America stopped building reactors because Three Mile Island was mismanaged as a public-relations event, not because anyone was harmed by it. — tap to centre the map on it America stopped building reactorsbecause Three Mile Island wasmismanaged as a public-relationsevent, not because anyone was harmedby it. Last stated a month ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most nuclear companies will not have this solved by 2031, and many still will not by 2035, because they have the wrong mindset. — tap to centre the map on it Most nuclear companies will not havethis solved by 2031, and many stillwill not by 2035, because they havethe wrong mindset. Last stated a month ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the nuclear industry is a modelling and simulation business producing paper reactors, not a business that builds them. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the nuclear industry is amodelling and simulation businessproducing paper reactors, not abusiness that builds them. Last stated a month ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre earns its county farmore tax revenue per gallon of waterthan a golf course does. Last stated 11 months ago 11 Oct 2025 AM Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre should be split intoindependent power blocks feddirectly at 1500 volts DC, ratherthan run through one centraldistribution system. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again. — tap to centre the map on it After the cloud exit, the next stepis out of the data centre: homeservers and multi-gigabit homeconnections make the garage startupliteral again. Last stated a year ago 12 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Switching to sustainable energy is the one effective, scalable tool available to prevent catastrophic climate change. Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago Holds Bill McKibben Read this korrent →