In 1907, just 8% of US homes had electrical service. Two decades later, it was nearly 70%.
How did this happen? This week on Construction Physics, I look at the early history of the electrical grid.
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New, by me: In the last 6 years, the US has gone from producing 0% of the world's rare earths to nearly 15% thanks to a single mine in California. Now the company behind it is taking the next steps toward an entirely US-based rare earth supply chain:
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New YIMBY argument just dropped — increasing demand for construction workers is a particularly potent anti-crime labor market intervention.
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Someone took a screenshot of one of my tweets and emailed it to my work demanding they fire me. It eventually ended up on the CEO’s desk. After long discussion with me (CEO), I chose to not fire myself.
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