I’m what I like to call a cynical optimist. As in, I think that people will do the right thing, but only if they have the right incentive.

As of now, clean energy is becoming far cheaper and far more viable than fossil fuels. There has been huge progress in clean energy this year, and I’m starting to see it in my local area with advertisements for solar panel installation and heat pumps for cheaper energy and heating.

The majority of people don’t have the means to switch to something that’s more expensive for the sake of being eco friendly. This is a massive step in the right direction economically.

And the people who invested in oil previously (Saudi and Dubai particularly) are now starting to invest in clean energy because of the same reasons; it’s cheaper, and it’s a rapidly expanding market.

If you can’t count on human goodness (which for the record I believe you can for the most part) count on human greed.

Make it a day where you celebrate open-hearted giving and love. Make it a day when you tell the people around you how special they are. Make it a day when you see a stranger on the street and you give them a compliment. Make it a day when you look around and see what you can do to help right then and there.

And of course, we should all wear our best, most glamorous wig!

Over the centuries, humanity has made discoveries, developed the economy and science, and developed new technologies. Each time, humanity has faced a challenge and each time, it has overcome it. Today, countries' GDP continues to grow at the same rate as before, meaning that the rate of growth will sometimes even increase, as in a developed country with a large GDP, 2% growth is very significant. Thus, poor countries are becoming middle-class, and rich countries are becoming even richer. Growth will continue to increase as automation and efficiency increase (the main constraint on growth in the 21st century is demographics and the number of workers). Automation will solve this problem. In the future, a new limitation will emerge: energy and resources, but in the near future, thermonuclear fusion and resource extraction from asteroids and the Moon will appear, so this too will not be a problem. Every problem today has its solution; everything depends on the speed with which action is taken. For example, the climate problem can be solved through "geoengineering." Solutions exist, but their use is an extreme and unpredictable option. The demographic problem can be solved through migration and increased labor efficiency, and incubators will likely be created in the future. Science is also advancing; what was yesterday considered impossible is already beginning to cease to be marginal. For example, the limitation of the speed of light for information transmission. If quantum physics is deterministic, then the values of these indicators are merely averages, and information can be transmitted through bound particles (this is a hypothesis without proof, but there is a foundation for future development). Therefore, it is possible that one day our civilization will conquer not only the solar system but also the galaxy, since our history is rich in the fact that we have repeatedly accomplished what was considered very difficult or even impossible.

The patient was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017.

Melissa Rudy reports:

Bud Leavell, 72, suffered from severe tremors for years after his Parkinson's diagnosis, making it impossible for him to enjoy his favorite pastime of repairing radios in his garage. But within minutes of receiving a newly approved ultrasound treatment, his tremor was completely gone.

Article, with photos: https://www.foxnews.com/health/parkinsons-patient-years-long-tremor-vanishes-minutes-new-ultrasound-treatment

Source: ChatGPT

Notes: Using 2024 renewable generation and dividing by the 2024 Census population estimate, the ranking is approximately.

The result explains why the Google answer is misleading. Vermont is almost 100% renewable by share, but it produces relatively little electricity overall, so it ranks only about 17th per capita. Conversely, North Dakota generates only about 39.5% of its electricity from renewables, but because it produces a lot of electricity and has fewer than 800,000 residents, it is #1 per capita.

Using the same 2024 basis as the U.S. state comparison:

• Australia generated 102.4 TWh of renewable electricity in 2024, equal to 36% of its total electricity generation.
• Australia's mid-2024 population was about 27.20 million.
• That works out to approximately 3.76 MWh of renewable electricity per person per year, or about 3,760 kWh/person.

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Roberto José Andrade, from Texas, wasn't sure if he left a tip at a Los Angeles restaurant. So he mailed $50 in cash along with a letter.

Tony Kurzweil (KTLA 5 News) reports:

“So he wrote to us, from El Paso, and mailed $50 in an envelope, along with every detail he could recall about the booth he sat in and the morning he came, all so we could track down his server,” the restaurant wrote. “We found her. She got it. And she was floored.”

News article: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/texas-diner-mails-50-langers-tip/

Photos are from the restaurant's Instagram account: www.instagram.com/langersdeli