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Reassessing Steel: How Falling Cement Use Alters Future Projections

My recent online conversation with Scott Norris, a structural steel expert and Director of Engineering Solutions at Steelcon, prompted me to reexamine some assumptions I had previously made about global steel demand projections. Scott, whose practical experience within the steel industry grants him clear insights into current operational constraints and … [continued] The post Reassessing […]

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What Happens When AI, EVs, and Smart Homes All Plug In at Once?

Sponsored post by Kumar Chandran, S&C Electric Company Energy is a part of our everyday lives in some obvious ways — turning up the A/C, charging our devices, or flipping on the lights — but much of our energy consumption happens almost entirely out of sight. The energy required to … [continued] The post What […]

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Elon Musk’s Political Naivete, Part 376

Last week, I unloaded a little bit on Elon Musk’s political ignorance, which has stood out as he has gotten into a big fight with Donald Trump and other Republicans over the budget bill. I thought I’d leave it at that, but I’ve now run across a quote from Elon … [continued] The post Elon […]

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“The Loss of Anybody at NOAA is Directly Connected to Services Lost By Every Individual in the United States”

As summer approaches, keeping a lookout for Africa’s storms as they whirl toward our southern states and gulf coasts might be a bit more demanding. The summer and fall storms last season approached earlier and continued with unanticipated devastation later. Asheville residents are still collecting debris from Hurricane Helene of … [continued] The post “The […]

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A Call for Liberation

From a very young age, I knew the gender I was assigned at birth didn’t make a lot of sense to what I felt internally. Unfortunately our society does not do a good job of embracing complexities that exist within one person. This binary of “man” and “woman” has always been something that I was […]

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