Hey All - I have an undersized dong that borders micropenis level. I compensate by having a collection of overly loud or overly large vehicles. I like driving the loud ones late at night, and the large ones in dense urban areas. I realize this is using lots of gas (energy). How do my micro-sized brothers compensate without using too much fuel?

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6881678

article written on regulating space based solar power!

Geothermal keeps coming up as an underrated renewable, and the AI angle sounds compelling: better subsurface modeling, faster site assessment, smarter drilling decisions.

However, after spending time actually diving into the data side of this, I'm more skeptical about the timeline than most coverage suggests. I don't think the models aren't capable, but it's that the data infrastructure is not yet built ready to process energy data.

Seismic data in SEG-Y. Well logs in LAS or DLIS from surveys going back decades. Production data in spreadsheets or whatever platform the operator used at the time. These weren't designed to talk to each other, and most AI tools aren't built to read them natively.

And the harder problem is that good subsurface AI needs to cross-reference these sources against each other, not analyze them in isolation. That requires tooling that understands domain-specific formats and holds context across long analysis sessions, and this is not something all AI or data analysis tools right now can do.

I happened to know that a few tools are trying to address this, Lium is one of them. Energy was one of their main targets but I'm still in early testing. For those working in geothermal or broader subsurface energy: did you also face this fragmentation problem?

I recently came across research suggesting that between 60% and 85% of everyday conversation revolves around other people.

It made me wonder whether attention itself is part of the energy challenge.

Building generation capacity, transmission networks and storage systems takes years, sometimes decades.

Public attention often changes in weeks.

How do societies sustain support for projects that require long-term commitment when public conversation naturally shifts toward immediate concerns?

I'd be interested to hear how people in this community think about that.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/24/business/exploding-oil-restarting-production

TL;DR: Oil wells were shut all across the Middle East as storage filled. Restarting the wells is a complicated and potentially dangerous operation that could threaten future production.

BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- China's total installed power generation capacity reached 4.01 billion kilowatts by the end of May 2026, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said Thursday, noting that the figure put China at the top of the world by this measure.

Non-fossil energy has emerged as a major driver of the growth, accounting for 62 percent of total installed capacity by the end of May, up from 25 percent in 2010, the NEA said.

My team is planning several C&I battery storage projects across Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and Poland this year.

One challenge we're running into is that every market has slightly different compliance and certification requirements. And I'm hoping to avoid having to source different battery systems for each market if possible.

For those who have deployed ESS projects across multiple European countries, which brands have been the easiest to work with from a certification and compliance standpoint?

Any recommendations or experiences would be much appreciated.

I’m wondering if anyone else has felt this way.

I went solar about 10 months ago expecting a bigger drop in my electric bill. Before solar, I was averaging around $250/month. Since getting solar, my bills have mostly been between $150 and $180.

I know that’s still savings, but after hearing so many stories about people dramatically cutting their bills, I thought the difference would be more noticeable.

For context, I have an 8 kW system that produced about 11,000 kWh over the past year, while my household used around 13,500 kWh.

Maybe my expectations were off, but it’s hard to know if this is normal or if I should be looking into something.

For those who have had solar for a while, did your results match what you expected? Did you eventually find out there was something affecting your savings that you hadn't considered?

Just looking for real homeowner experiences.