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Brodie Wolstenholme

@browolstenholme.bsky.social

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Host of the 44 to 501 Show on KUHS-LP 102.5 FM in Hot Springs AR. Builder of Solar Systems. Materials Scientist & developer of big data OLAP systems. Former Elon Musk cult member (escaped) come join me.

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 3d

@jjsmart.bsky.social another enlightening video today about what's going on in Russia that is almost never reported in the west.

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Putin's 1991 Nightmare: Swan Lake RETURNS

YouTube video by Jason Jay Smart

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 6d

Which you can mitigate further with distributed solar and storage wherever possible.

Guess which month we added storage to our solar to maximize self generated consumption. So far, in October (November billing cycle), we've used 39 kWh of grid power.

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 6d

ICE for ever $10 spent, $7 is wasted.

EV for ever $10 spent, $1 is wasted.

You can charge an EV on solar, which has no fuel/running cost. But it's difficult to refine petrol at home.

The ICE EV debate has now descended into EVs have no soul.

So what, ICE free city centers' air quality is better.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 10d

Watch the "emulsified high fat offal tubing"... youtu.be/TpNY2KfF92k?...

Our Little Sausage Problem | Yes, Minister: 1984 Christmas Special | BBC Comedy Greats

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 10d

There's always a "Yes Minister" clip to explain things.

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Our Little Sausage Problem | Yes, Minister: 1984 Christmas Special | BBC Comedy Greats

YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 12d

What could possibly go wrong?

Especially as renewables have overtaken coal as a worldwide generator of electricity.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 14d

September bill for $33. From August bill of $250. So far in October we've pulled 0kWh from the utility.

Solar + battery is the only way to go in Arkansas.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 14d

@aukehoekstra.bsky.social last year, my utility unilaterally changed my account from 1-to-1 net-metering to a 🇺🇸 $0.025 per kWh exported. Changed my breakeven from 12 years to 92 years on my 2018 array. My new array will never pay back. So I installed 48kWh usable battery in Aug 25. Just got my...

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 19d

I wonder how soon into the project Entergy will renegue on this promise.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 20d

It's not "out of fashion", it is simply not cost competitive with renewables and natural gas.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Sep 19

Too funny. Twenty years ago, the CO2 concentration was 372 ppm. Today, it is 423 ppm.

Sea ice isn't the problem. Greenland and Antarctica ice melting is. Both have melted billions of tones of ice in the last 20 years.

Don't believe it? Go watch "Chasing Ice".

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Sep 16

Been saying this for years.

How do you explain Lindsey Graham's conversion to Trump acolyte over one round of golf. How about Trump told Graham about Kompromat file Putin had on Graham. And perhaps shared a few tidbits with him.

Then there's the rest of the Republicans.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Sep 11

A good day with our new Powerwall 3 battery. Charged from 16% to 100% SOC, powered the house 5 ton geothermal and topped up the car with excess solar, and now it's back feeding "the grid" aka our next-door neighbor. Zero power pulled from the grid today.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Sep 11

@simonmahan.bsky.social in case you missed this.

Cleaning Up Podcast @cleaninguppod.bsky.social · Sep 11

"This is a complete revolution in energy" Malcolm Turnbull, Former Australian PM and climate champion, joins @mliebreich.bsky.social this week to discuss climate realism vs optimism, while highlighting the need for strategy over hope in energy politics. Watch now 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9CU...

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Sep 7

Tell me this shitforbrains politician missed the biology course where HEARD IMMUNITY was taught without telling me.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Sep 7

Banner with two flags of St. George, favored by English nationalist, with a statement of "PROTECT ARE KIDS".

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Sep 6

A hidden benefit of driving an EV.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · Aug 21

When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Aug 25

Careful, while Disney does own Fox (studios), Fox News is owned by Fox Corporation, which is owned by the Murdoch family trust and Rupert Murdoch.

One Fox is not the same as the other Fox. But perhaps Fox News has lost some of its ability to blackmail providers to have to carry Fox News.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Aug 20

Two hours of great music at www.mixcloud.com/pigeon/ctrz/... click through to listen.

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Randy Hill @royquapaw.bsky.social · Aug 19

Things Trump will defend:

Slavery
Putin
MAGA
Himself
Oligarchs

Things he won't defend:

Blue States
The Constitution
Basic Human Rights
Others that differ from him.
The poor.

The power is in the people, not the person in office.
Always stand on the side of truth.
Vote, vote, vote, vote, vote.

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Aug 19

Can't wait for Gavin Christopher (Columbus because of the maps) Newsom's lampooning this one.

Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Aug 19

Jason Jay covers the Russian war with detail seldom, if ever, reported by NYT, WAPO, "Fox News" etal.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 19

200,000 YouTube subscribers in 3 months.

It shows the international community realizes we are not getting the full truth: Ukraine does not "need" a bad peace deal and Russia is not "strong."

This is what is really happening:
▶️ www.youtube.com/@JasonJaySmart

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · Aug 13

So what is the round trip efficiency?