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Oh, cool. Didn’t realize Skeptic was still around (sorry, haven’t had a chance to catch up on the SETI thread yet). Have fond memories of seeing their ‘zines on the newsstand years ago, back when they were still a thing here. Looks like a physical sub isn’t a whole lot: 36 USD annually. May be worth it 🙂
My mom has started relying on AI for some writing tasks. I haven’t seen the results so I can’t comment on it. I did experiment with it the other day for some research and wasn’t overly impressed. It just gave me a generic overview that I could have gotten on my own and with more insight had I done the research myself in the same amount of time that it took to read the overview.
Yeah, we’re doing the same thing: increasing biofuel output to make up the shortfall. Not a bad idea, honestly, and hopefully it helps spur R&D in that field, which has been sorely lacking. Electric is great and all but there are cases where it just doesn’t work out, such as during a grid failure (especially problematic here in Florida with our hurricanes). Unlike with other fuels, it’s hard to store enough power in batteries to charge things up to usable during an outage. I’ve long said that we need dual fuel vehicles where we can use either or. Different from hybrid as you still need both instead of being able to choose how the vehicle is powered.
Had this come in this morning: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/the-most-beautiful-places-in-the-world
It does have what I’d consider some major omissions, such as this cave complex, but still worth a read.
