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Offshore wind madness:
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/01/30/uk-unveils-measures-to-fast-track-16-gw-of-offshore-wind/
Money for weather.
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After a good week for UK wind, it’s dropped to just 4% of demand Friday evening.
The BBC was plugging high-density pumped ‘hydro’ today. Looks like another mad scheme.
Using something suspiciously like fracking fluid instead of pure water. As it’s 2.5 times heavier it reduces the size of schemes, but the maths still don’t add up, you’d never be able to build enough.
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Public Notice for Air Traffic Control Specialist (Direct Hire)
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Transportation
FAA – Air Traffic Locations
ATO – Air Traffic Organization
Starting at $43,727 Per Year (AT AG)
Permanent • Full-time
Open 11/09/2024 to 11/07/2025
Job open to persons with disabilities.
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Trump blames DEI hiring by FAA.
That could have contributed, but the army Chopper seems mostly at fault.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/wayne-root-here-is-best-explanation-ive-heard/
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Trump acknowledged this saying it was way too high.
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Type Resign in the Subject Line and Hit Send
How can the size of the Public Service be Reduced?
President Trump shows us how!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/just-president-trump-offering-millions-federal-workers-buyouts/
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I think the humans at the coalface (pilots and air traffic controllers) were doing the best they could with a system that thought routing choppers at 200 ft UNDERNEATH aircraft on short finals on approach was ok, sheer lunacy.
Choppers can hover & climb vertically, something aeroplanes cannot do, so why wasn’t the chopper required to gain altitude well above the aircraft on approach BEFORE they transited the airport approach paths.
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FWIW
“On the DCA Crash”
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=252747
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Three people on the blackhawk- 2 mentioned (white men) 3rd a mystery- things still are not transparent are they!
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Today’s Coffee and Covid mentions rumours of a “shim” and is awaiting details
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FWIW
“Citigroup: “Trump Can’t Stop Energy Transition”!”
Doesn’t format properly but you get the idea –
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I’m not an ESG analyst, but I did minor in math back in the Pleistocene:
Year Fossil Fuels Nuclear Renewables Energy Production (quads)
2017 81% 10% 9% 84.36
2023 84% 8% 8% 102.78
The growth in US energy production since 2017 has been almost entirely driven by crude oil and natural gas.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/01/30/citigroup-trump-cant-stop-energy-transition/
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Eh Gawd!
Chiefio highlights another dangerous chemical hiding in plain sight –
“I’m much more worried about the MonoOxygenBiHydrate with lye chloride in it… (ie. sea water…)”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/facebook-face-plants-bans-linux-topics-as-security-threat/#comment-175272
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