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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

If a widespread power outage hit Phoenix during a heat wave and lasted for days, it could kill thousands and send half the city to the emergency room, according to a recent study. And more heat will come, bringing parts of Mexico’s coasts and more of South Asia into the danger zone. That’s not ethical.” Rykaczewski said.

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Mutual credit in Africa: interview with Will Ruddick of Grassroots Economics

Low Impact

And regular usage – about 2000 active traders per week. New businesses get created too. Creating social services in this way – new businesses spring up that take this ‘community-created basic income’ (in effect). Do you think these ideas will spread more rapidly in Africa, Asia and Latin America? Is that right?

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? The BFD with BYD #169

Climate Tech VC

The electric competition is head and shoulders above the legacy automakers and scrappy startups racing to turn EV strategies into production and deliveries, and the trends of Tesla in the US and BYD in China illustrate some of the larger geopolitical tensions in the EV supply chain. Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?