The Week #297

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  • 🚙 I got my car back from the shop and not a day too soon. It's nice to be back in my EV with my one-pedal driving (automatically slows down / charges the battery when I lift the accelerometer), instant torque, and not adding to local/global air pollutants. I had to fill it loaner car up with gas before returning it and it's such a faff, so much easier to just plugin at home.
  • 💴 I almost finished my taxes. Almost instead of finished because I need to double check them – I've never gotten a refund, so surely I must have flubbed something somewhere. And if they are correct and I did not flub them, I'll try not to spend the ¥500 all in one place.
  • 🔋 The energy market is getting interesting, but not in the "woo" way, more in "may you live in interesting times" kind of "interesting". Renewables and battery storage are the only sane path forward. Not only are they better for the climate, they're also better for geopolitical stability and sovereignty. Maybe this spike in the cost dino juice will further accelerate the adoption of solar and wind. One can hope.
  • ✊ Fuck war.