Monday, January 16, 2017

@23:30, 1/15/17

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Business Day

A Big Test for Big Batteries


If the engineers rather than the politicians control the design there is very little risk.

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Opinion

Mr. Cuomo Has 149 Things to Tell You

The 2017 State of the State book is chock-full of proposals. What is real, and what is the governor merely asking us to imagine?

Andrew Cuomo can do as much as he can get through the legislature.
Money is real for state government.


World

Warsaw Grapples With Gloomy, Gray Smog

The spike in air pollution was mainly driven by a cold snap that forced thousands of households to crank up poor quality heaters that burn things like coal and garbage.

Cogeneration could be increased. 
The Poles short range problem is reducing the price of natural gas.
Nuclear power could run the cogeneration scheme without a carbon footprint.

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Opinion

Running With the Pack

A series of close encounters on the trail with wild animals. What do they mean?

There is more wild in the parks than people admit.

Trouble is rare when people are sensible. 
Garbage control is essential.


Opinion

I Abstained From Sex for a Year to Donate Blood

The F.D.A.’s policy for men who have sex with men is outdated and should be rescinded.

" And we can now detect what had been an elusive virus within seven to 28 days of infection, using nucleic acid testing."

All blood is risky.

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Business Day

The Long Reach of the Aliso Canyon Gas Leak


The Aliso leak is long in memory.
Shut the storage facility down.

The space will be cheap to buy and expensive to sell for decades.

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Business Day

Lockheed Chief Pledges Lower Costs for F-35 Fighter Jet

After weeks of talks with the Trump transition team about the high-tech plane, the company also said it would add 1,800 jobs to its Fort Worth location.

The pilots will not like the deal.  
They will want the best aircraft possible, price no object.


U.S.

Scott Pruitt, Trump’s E.P.A. Pick, Backed Industry Donors Over Regulators

If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Pruitt could be in charge of policing industries that have long helped advance his political career.

Trump picked him for that.

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U.S.

Jolted by Deaths, Obama Found His Voice on Race

Tensions across the country prompted the president to abandon his early reticence on race again and again.

It is one of the reasons he was elected.

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Business Day

Trump’s Plan to Cut Drug Imports Could Raise Prices, Not Lower Them

Much of the surge in pharmaceuticals brought in from outside the U.S. comes from generics, which are generally cheaper than branded medicines.

There is no surprise in a policy to benefit his donors.
People wanted things to happen.  
This is an easy thing to make happen.

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