💡 Warp News #285
☀️ Now over one million balcony solar installations. 🏭 Ireland shuts down its last coal power plant. 🚰 Desalination plants to produce fresh water on ocean floor.
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🏖️ Recharging batteries
Pouring out half a book in a month broke me. After some recovery at Legoland with the family, I’m now doing absolutely nothing for a few more days. My brain is already working better. Editing of the book starts next week.
Also sprinted to the finish line with a handful of meetings about Warp AI. No binding commitments, but positive signals. Sweden basically shuts down in July, so I’ll pick that back up in August.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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⬆️ Optimism's Theory of Knowledge
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The optimist's view differs from the pessimist's in a fundamental respect: the optimist sees what could be done with the half-full glass, what it can be used for, and who might need a little water right now, writes Nicklas Berild Lundblad.
💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
☀️ Solar energy with batteries now delivers electricity around the clock in several countries
17 kWh battery storage is enough to convert 5 kW solar panels into constant 1 kW clean electricity around the clock. Sunny cities like Las Vegas can reach 97 percent of the way to constant solar electricity every hour throughout the year.
🚰 Desalination plants to produce fresh water on ocean floor
Three companies are developing technology to desalinate seawater in deep water, which can reduce energy consumption by up to 40 percent. The first large-scale facility will start producing 1 million liters of water per day in Norway in 2026.
🧠 Younger generations have lower risk of dementia at a given age than earlier generations
People born later have less risk of developing dementia at the same age compared to earlier generations. The trend is clearer among women, especially in Europe and England.
🔭 The world's largest digital camera weighs as much as a car and takes 3200-megapixel images of the sky
During the first 10 years, the observatory will collect more optical astronomical data than all previous telescopes combined.
🧬 DeepMind's new AI identifies the gene variants most likely to cause disease
AlphaGenome can predict how individual DNA changes affect gene expression and protein production across the entire human genome. The tool outperformed 22 of 24 other computer models in identifying specific features in DNA sequences.
☀️ Now over one million balcony solar installations in Germany
Germany now has over one million balcony solar installations in operation producing environmentally friendly energy. The installations together deliver almost 1 gigawatt of power, equivalent to 956 megawatts.
🏭 Ireland shuts down its last coal power plant – becomes the 15th coal-free country in Europe
Ireland became the 15th coal-free country in Europe when the Moneypoint power plant was shut down on June 20. The country now generates 37 percent of its electricity from wind power according to energy think tank Ember.
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