Mike Kidd

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@KranJim @Redistrict @CookPolitical Fox news in Portland just called it for Marie!

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@BethkeErik Japan was close from about 2000 onward.

[Casey Handmer @CJHandmer]

If, like me, you toss and turn of an evening wondering what the solar PV cost curve fit would look like if it was weighted by production, wonder no more.

It doesn't make much sense to equally weight production of a few MW of solar in the 1970s, given that the major cost drivers today are occurring on 500 GW/year scale, so I reweighted the curve accordingly. What we see is that the solar cost curve is more like 44% than the usually quoted 25-30%, mostly as a result of finding product-market fit in the last decade.

What is means is that for every doubling of cumulative production, cost declines by 44%! Currently, we're doubling roughly every 2 years.

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@paulbettner Can we take some consolation from the fact that the 25 years didn't actually make much progress because USA USA USA!? :-/

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@xemu I'll take one if you still have any.

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Colored droplets in corn syrup seemingly blended together can be returned to their original state by reversing the direction of mixing, a form of laminar flow called "Stokes flow".

Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@xemu @DanStapleton Pffft. 50s were a piece of cake. Wait for your 60s. :-)

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@tomaspueyo @burnrevolt Bubonic plague? ;-)

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@tomaspueyo @akin__akintola @Jameskbest1Best I can't think of any either, but focusing your search on countries that went from extremely high income/wealth inequality to lower GINI scores might yield some leads.

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@DrEricDing Renters not being able to buy INCREASES inventory.
Owners not wanting to sell because of high rates is a wash, because they would have sold one and bought another, no net change in inventory.
Still not a good situation, but I think you have some of the causes wrong.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reid: Many people argue that prayers aren't cutting it.
Self: Well, those are people that don't believe in an almighty god who has, who is absolutely in control of our lives.

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@inkandsinewaves

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@inkandsinewaves Pike dive, pike place market.

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@inkandsinewaves While the others were throwing their harpoons, you dove in, using it as a pike. They even named a dive after that move. And the market, of course.

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@inkandsinewaves I'll never forget your role in slaying the beast. They even named a hockey team after it.

[Mike Kidd @CapKidd]

@inkandsinewaves Kraken.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Well this is a novel solution to electric aircraft range.
https://t.co/v1gQPeY9JO

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.

My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv

And some utterly damning charts.

1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.