Shading crops under solar panels -- known as "agrivoltaics" -- is win-win:
it can increase farm output while greatly reducing carbon emissions.
Corn, lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes, wheat and pasture grass have already been proven to have increased yields.
It's days like this, when I'm avoiding the coronation by trying to find something entertaining in a spreadsheet of local election numbers, that I wonder about my life choices.
@scarfolk Every time I hear a Suella Braverman policy announcement, I automatically think that @Richard_Littler is her writer
Wise words from the introduction & conclusion to my dad's #training material when he was learning to be a #software #developer in the late 1970s.
I am a Red Cross “Hero for Babies” because I’ve never had CMV (Cytomegalovirus), a harmless virus for adults that’s potentially fatal to infants.
When they told me, I asked the tech why it’s so common and he said, “Most people get it through sexual activity in high school.”
And there’s this awkward pause.
“Well, I hope the babies appreciate my sacrifice. I read a lot of science fiction, OK?”
Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.