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   Andy (andyinabox@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 00:08:30 JST Andy

   • Anil Dash

   "Depending on the species, and the dimensions, each log in your fire might represent the equivalent of a full years' growth for that tree. All of its effort to capture the energy of the sun, for the entirety of an orbit around that star, reduced to the fuel in your hand, and gone before your eyes."

   - @anildash

   https://www.anildash.com/2024/11/30/making-fire/

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     Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 04:09:50 JST Clive Thompson

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     • Anil Dash

     @andyinabox @anildash

     I blogged about how renewable energies represent a fascinating shift ...

     ... which is that (apart from nuclear, a minority player in the history of energy) they are forms of power generation that do not involve burning anything

     And this has mythopoetic stakes! Fire is gorgeous and primal, and we like not only being near it for warmth, but *seeing* it

     So: *Some* of the disdain for renewables might burble up from this primal well

     https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-end-of-burning-6fa52138326a (gift link)