Saturday links: the solar solution
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
18 hours ago
5 MIN READ
AVs
- AVs are racing ahead of regulators. (axios.com)
- Uber ($UBER) and Rivian ($RIVN) made a deal for 50,000 robotaxis. (engadget.com)
- A first hand account of Tesla ($TSLA) FSD gone wrong. (theatlantic.com)
- PJ Vogt on the rich history of the development of driverless cars. (freakonomics.com)
Trucks
- Self-driving semi-trucks on the highway are closer than you think. (nytimes.com)
- Truckers love the new Tesla ($TSLA) semi. (wsj.com)
Autos
- This guy is turning car price negotiations into content. (wsj.com)
- Higher gasoline prices are going to make EVs more attractive. (sherwood.news)
Power lines
- Who is going to pay for all those new high-voltage power lines? (wsj.com)
- Your utility regulator is probably not doing a great job. (boondoggle.substack.com)
Energy
- To power data centers, hyperscalers are turning to dirty energy. (nytimes.com)
- The Trump administration has spared geothermal energy. Fervo Energy is a key beneficiary. (bloomberg.com)
- Tracking down the world’s worst methane leaks leads to Turkmenistan. (theguardian.com)
- Agrivoltaics can work, if we let them. (motherjones.com)
Fire
- The downside of a snow shortfall this Winter – increased fire risk. (nytimes.com)
- Drones are a potentially great application for firefighting. (arstechnica.com)
Environment
- A new U.S. national high temperature record for the month of March was just set. (msn.com)
- The Colorado River could reach a crisis this year. (lasvegassun.com)
- South Carolina has experienced a recent swarm of earthquakes. (accuweather.com)
- Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests. (eurekalert.org)
- Lava can now be redirected from important sites. (nytimes.com)
Animals
- How bearded vultures made a comeback in the Alps. (bbc.com)
- Why are birds adding cigarette butts to their nests? (nytimes.com)
Archaeology
- The Goths were a surprisingly diverse bunch. (newscientist.com)
- When the bow-and-arrow came to North America. (arstechnica.com)
Science
- The decline at NIH activity visualized. (elizabethginexi.substack.com)
- Why the central limit theorem applies in so many places. (quantamagazine.org)
Travel
- The flying experience these days is abysmal. (bloomberg.com)
- How war has affected Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. (nytimes.com)
- Glacier tourism is growing and so are the dangers. (grist.org)
Technology
- Phishers are getting way too good. (ma.tt)
- Computer programming has gotten really weird. (nytimes.com)
- Are we wired to believe that AI is actually ‘thinking.’ (wsj.com)
- Can an AI-forward phone make headway with consumers? (spyglass.org)
- How quantum computing works. (wsj.com)
Behavior
- Five insights from Nir Eyal’s new book, “Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Men are a shrinking minority of the psychology profession. (wsj.com)
GLP-1s
- Ozempic is soon going generic in a big chunk of the world. (morningbrew.com)
- A problem for weight loss drug trials: patients on a placebo know it. (msn.com)
- How to offset weight gain after stopping GLP-1s. (sciencedaily.com)
The ACA
- Millions of Americans have dropped their ACA coverage. (wsj.com)
- The state of New Mexico is stepping up to maintain ACA enrollment. (nytimes.com)
Health
- Interest in peptides are taking off while the FDA is largely sidelined. (theatlantic.com)
- Don’t blame emergency departments for ‘hallway patients.’ (statnews.com)
- The shingles vaccine seems to reduce cardiac events. (sciencedaily.com)
- Why doctors are now testing for lipoprotein(a). (npr.org)
- How to treat snoring without a CPAP. (theatlantic.com)
Heat
- Five insights from Bill Gifford’s new book, “Hotwired: How the Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Stronger.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Brett McKay talks with Bill Gifford, author of “Hotwired: How the Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Stronger.” (artofmanliness.com)
Fitness
- Why walking matters. (twopct.com)
- Is modern gear better than what we used to have? (carryology.com)
- Consistency matters when it comes to resistance training. (sciencedaily.com)
Drink
- Craft breweries have shifted to canning about as much as they can. (fooddive.com)
- Meet a ‘Guinness inspector’ roaming bars to make sure your pint is perfect. (wsj.com)
Gambling
- MLB has cut a deal with Polymarket. (frontofficesports.com)
- Derek Thompson talks with McKay Coppins about his article: “Sucker: My year as a degenerate gambler.” (podcasts.apple.com)
Sports
- The scale of the youth sports industry will surprise you. (theargumentmag.com)
- Women’s sports are getting more physical. (theatlantic.com)
Media
- RIP, CBS News Radio. (apnews.com)
- The popular Netflix ($NFLX) show ‘Everybody Feed Phil’ is headed to YouTube. (tubefilter.com)
Children
- Why private school isn’t worth the cost. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Children don’t need everything to be easy. (readthejointaccount.com)
College
- American students are flocking to Scotland’s University of St. Andrews. (wsj.com)
- How business schools are dealing with the squeeze on international students. (bloomberg.com)
- UMass Amherst has been ranked No. 1 for campus food in the country. (wsj.com)
- How to appeal a financial aid award. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- How weather affects college enrollment.. (papers.ssrn.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: the end of the road. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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