My team and I are going to start doing data dumps of intriguing things we’ve found. Here’s the first one. In a month, as a team we generally look at several hundred charts and graphs many times for the purpose of figuring out how we will acquire customers and distribution for a new product or […]
Kumar ThanguduI’ve written this piece because I’m often asked about topics on energy and more. I will periodically update this post. I do not believe that mankind should optimize for having the lowest CO2 emissions and am weary of renewables. I think this is a false goal that ignores the true stochastic complexity of pollution in […]
Kumar ThanguduI grew up for periods of time in a country that produced less than 1 Megawatt hour per capita per a year and has an uncomfortably high infant mortality rate.[India] The US produces 12 MWh per capita per a year. I am relatively used to toxic skies, turning on generators, suicides, and rampant death. Suicides […]
Kumar ThanguduMy view of smog above San Francisco on Twin Peaks. Can Solar Power Save Us? A lot of friends ask me if “Solar power can save us?” The answer to this is quite complex, but it is no. In Silicon Valley, when I voice this viewpoint, I am viewed as a heretic who doesn’t […]
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