Electrostate vs. Petrostate: One of the most exciting 2025 breakthroughs is RUST?
Iron-air (or Rust) batteries, companies like Ore Energy (EU) and Form Energy (US), with their [B]extremely low cost ($6/kw) 100-hour (4-days) battery systems,[/B] represent a pivotal breakthrough for long-duration energy storage (LDES) coupled with solar and wind, that are emerging as a cost-effective complementary, supplemental and / or alternative, beyond the 4 to 8 hour fast delivery of lithium-ion battery storage.
Form Energy, With manufacturing and commercial successes, early deployments of their Iron-Air batteries, are now underway with utility companies like Great River Energy, Xcel Energy and Georgia Power in Minnesota, Colorado and Georgia, respectively.
[B]Iron-Air Batteries: Transforming Renewable Energy Storage, December 3rd, 2025.[/B] [URL]https://energydigital.com/news/iron-air-batteries-transforming-renewable-energy-storage[/URL].
[QUOTE=Tiny12;3051054]He fails to consider that storage for wind and solar is expensive. And extremely expensive more than 6 hours out. Please note on an average day with good weather you can only get meaningful solar generation for about 4 to 6 hours. For wind the average is 6 to 10 hours a day.[/QUOTE]Once again, what the many champions of dirty fossil fuels, don't seem to realize, is that the many breakthroughs in clean energy tech, coming from companies like Ore Energy, Form Energy and Rondo Energy (heat batteries), is that clean tech areas like [I][b]the global battery storage sector[/b][/I], are solving our most challenging and difficult to abate energy and grid problems, at break-neck speeds.
Is 2026, the Year of the Battery?
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Newsmax Wingers' unsubstantiated opinions are cute, but
[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;3052358]First, let's be frank about what is happening in the world and why Trump's presidency continues to matter unlike any other.
And why his critics feel compelled to create a phony health crisis rather than debate his record.
Donald Trump is doing well in national polling, buoyed by strong approval among his base and solid support among likely voters.
Despite relentless attacks from much of the mainstream press, his numbers have remained resilient.
I recently reviewed a McLaughlin poll that asked voters whether President Trump is truly putting "America First" as a priority. An astonishing 65% said yes.
That's a seismic admission by such a majority.
Even many voters who may not agree with every decision concede deep down that he is putting the country's interests first.
And the results of those policies are tangible..[/QUOTE]AI scanned the universe of reports, data and evidence to arrive at this overview to the question:
[B]Why did panels of non-partisan historians rank Trump the Worst President in U.S. History?[/B]
[QUOTE]Panels of non-partisan historians, political scientists, and presidential expertsmost notably in the Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey (2018, 2021, 2024) and the C-SPAN Presidential Historians Survey (2021)have consistently ranked Donald Trump at or near the bottom of U.S. presidents.
These rankings are based on an average of ratings across various leadership categories. Experts argue that his presidency was "singular" in its departure from established institutional norms and that he caused significant harm to democratic institutions.
Here are the primary reasons cited for the low rankings:
1. Undermining Democratic Norms and Institutions
Historians heavily weigh a president's respect for the Constitution and the peaceful transfer of power.
2020 Election and Jan. 6: Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, are frequently cited as a primary reason for the last-place ranking. This is seen as a direct attack on the democratic process.
Distrust of Institutions: Experts point to his rhetoric against the judiciary, the intelligence community, and the electoral system, arguing this weakened public trust in foundational American institutions.
2. "Worst" Rankings in Moral Authority and Administration
In surveys that break down leadership into categories, Trump consistently received the lowest scores in:
Moral Authority: Critics pointed to his rhetoric, personal conduct, and divisive language, arguing he failed to unify the country or adhere to the dignity of the office.
Administrative Skills: Experts often cited high turnover rates within his cabinet, chaotic decision-making processes, and a disregard for established policy-making protocols.
3. Two Impeachments
Trump is the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice (2019 and 2021). While he was acquitted by the Senate both times, historians see the House chargesabuse of power/obstruction of Congress, and incitement of insurrectionas significant marks against his leadership.
4. Handling of Major Crises
COVID-19 Pandemic: Many historians viewed his administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as lacking in scientific guidance, chaotic in its federal response, and damaging to public trust, leading to unnecessary loss of life.
Foreign Policy and Alliances: His "America First" approach led to strained relationships with traditional allies (NATO) and a withdrawal from international agreements, which critics argued diminished American influence globally.
5. Partisan and Regulatory Behavior.[/QUOTE]Most of those assessments were before the disastrous Tariffs and economic policies of his 2nd term added Trillions and Trillions to his deficits in order to "buy" the worst jobs creation record for any non Great Repub Depression or Great Repub Recession year, numbering a total of 181,000 new jobs. No, not per month. For the entire year of 2025!
And the weakest S&P 500 Index performance of any first year of a new presidential. Administration ever. Trump's favorite measure of economic success or failure.
And his trade wars with China once again further enriching China while impoverishing American farmers and manufacturers.
And his bombing and starting wars in several countries as well as threatening in invade and go to war with several allies including Canada, Mexico and Greenland.
And his sending masked and armed marauders into some of America's biggest and most important cities to hassle, harass, shoot and kill law-abiding American citizens.
And his Secretary of HHS bringing measles and polio back to the country.
And his taking extraordinary measures to protect and defend not the USA Constitution but pedos and kiddie sex traffickers.
And so on.
Non partisan historian wtf? That's beyond Stoopid even from you
[QUOTE=EihTooms;3052391]AI scanned the universe of reports, data and evidence to arrive at this overview to the question:
[B]Why did panels of non-partisan historians rank Trump the Worst President in U.S. History?[/B]
Most of those assessments were before the disastrous Tariffs and economic policies of his 2nd term added Trillions and Trillions to his deficits in order to "buy" the worst jobs creation record for any non Great Repub Depression or Great Repub Recession year, numbering a total of 181,000 new jobs. No, not per month. For the entire year of 2025!
And the weakest S&P 500 Index performance of any first year of a new presidential. Administration ever. Trump's favorite measure of economic success or failure.
And his trade wars with China once again further enriching China while impoverishing American farmers and manufacturers..[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hillary-clinton-breaks-party-line-calls-mass-migration-destabilizing[/URL]
[URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-deep-deep-state[/URL]
The Deep state aka the puppets of the oligarchs.
Siri you should type much less and read much more
[QUOTE=Sirioja;3052545]Full failure, despite DT and swallowing Putin, for Ukraine. Greenland hate USA. Tourists boycott USA. But yes, crazy senile too old Trump kill citizens, not even Black now, with ICE. Democracy falling like jobs under Trump. Only inflation increasing. I think our world, when USA are only 5%, look forward he dies, like Putin and Netanyahou, for a better world.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/munich-2007-day-west-was-told-no[/URL]
Let us guess you're a big fan
[QUOTE=EihTooms;3052391]AI scanned the universe of reports, data and evidence to arrive at this overview to the question:
[B]Why did panels of non-partisan historians rank Trump the Worst President in U.S. History?[/B]
Most of those assessments were before the disastrous Tariffs and economic policies of his 2nd term added Trillions and Trillions to his deficits in order to "buy" the worst jobs creation record for any non Great Repub Depression or Great Repub Recession year, numbering a total of 181,000 new jobs. No, not per month. For the entire year of 2025!
And the weakest S&P 500 Index performance of any first year of a new presidential. Administration ever. Trump's favorite measure of economic success or failure.
And his trade wars with China once again further enriching China while impoverishing American farmers and manufacturers.
And his bombing and starting wars in several countries as well as threatening in invade and go to war with several allies including Canada, Mexico and Greenland.
And his sending masked and armed marauders into some of America's biggest and most important cities to hassle, harass, shoot and kill law-abiding American citizens.
And his Secretary of HHS bringing measles and polio back to the country.
And his taking extraordinary measures to protect and defend not the USA Constitution but pedos and kiddie sex traffickers.
And so on.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/cooke-what-eileen-gu-is-doing-is-adjacent-to-treason/[/URL]
World War 3 is here! Hold on to your pants!
This is it guys. World War 3 is going to happen in the next 2 to 3 days. This guy on the internets youtubes says so. So it must be true.
And I for one is looking forward to it. *sigh* I was going to go to the dentist next month though cause I really want to go back to Thailand.
I was really hoping to visit Thailand one last time before armageddon, but I guess it's no go. Shucks.
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ny2oCmH5OI[/URL]
I was really looking forward to starting my youtube channel about Thailand. But since we'll all be wiped out by nuclear annihilation, there's not much point now.
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Racist "winning", LOL!
[QUOTE=EihTooms;3051409] Maybe your link guy was distracted by Trump's racist cartoon.
Black Americans, stand up for immigrants. ICE is terrorizing our communities, too.
If there ever was a time for solidarity, the time is now. The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for everyone.
[url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/11/15/ice-us-citizens-black-americans-chicago-south-side/87210498007/[/url][/QUOTE]It is amazing how the gullible MAGA nation, that post here, don't realize this very simple foundational freedom of rights, as they dumbfoundedly post about "WINNING", as if having your rights trampled on, is "WINNING"!
[B]Trump Suffers Record Low Polling on Key MAGA Policy, February 18th, 2025[/B], [I]"President Donald Trumps approval rating on a key MAGA policy has dropped to a new low as he delivers on a central campaign promise.
Only 38 percent of Americans think Trump is doing a good job on immigration, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll."[/I] [URL]https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-suffers-record-low-polling-on-key-maga-policy/[/URL].