#energy #renewables #energytransition | Gavin Mooney | 15 comments

The world's first electric hydrofoil ferry is coming to Washington DC and is a game changer for urban transport. Underwater wings allow the Candela P-12 to rise up and glide above the waves, leading to significantly less drag and reducing energy consumption by up to 80%. And it has been named one of Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2025. It offers a speedy alternative to land-based transport. A typical commute in DC from Georgetown to Reagan Airport might take 20 minutes by car, or 37 minutes on public transport. On the P-12 it would take just six minutes. And it's not just fast. It is quiet, clean and surprisingly comfortable. The computer-controlled hydrofoils deliver a ride that's smooth enough to prevent seasickness. And there is no noise or vibration from the electric motor (or diesel fumes to choke on). Operating costs are about 60% lower than diesel-powered vessels, which puts it in line with land-based options such as buses. And because it creates almost no wake, it can obtain exemptions and run at high speeds in cities like DC where shoreline erosion and speed restrictions limit traditional ferries. This enables a whole new layer of transport by opening up underused waterways. What's next? The P-12 has already been integrated into Stockholm's public transport system, where it has cut travel times in half. Similar projects are in the pipeline for Lake Tahoe, Mumbai, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. With more than 40 ships on order, the P-12 is already the world's best-selling electric passenger vessel. #energy #renewables #energytransition | 15 comments on LinkedIn

Negativity spread like a virus long before social media. This new paper in Nature Magazine used epidemiological models to explain the viral spread of rumors during France’s Great Fear of 1789:… | Steve Rathje

Negativity spread like a virus long before social media. This new paper in Nature Magazine used epidemiological models to explain the viral spread of rumors during France’s Great Fear of 1789: https://lnkd.in/eHV8VPPx Rumor spread was more likely in certain contexts (towns with higher wheat prices, greater inequality, more literacy, better road connections, etc.). In other words, psychological and structural factors interacted to shape information spread, as Jay Van Bavel, PhD and I discussed in our recent paper on the psychology of virality: https://lnkd.in/eFhQE8cH

Science confirms:Fascia, bones,DNA, and even the water in your cells are crystalline piezoelectric resonators that produce electrical current from pressure and vibration. This makes every breath… | Lanson Burrows Jones Jr. | 58 comments

Science confirms:Fascia, bones,DNA, and even the water in your cells are crystalline piezoelectric resonators that produce electrical current from pressure and vibration. This makes every breath, every word, every step is an electrical inscription. This means each thought and word is a specific electrical frequency. The piezoelectric is very well known but Fascia just connected it all by being the Electromechanical Web. • Fascia: Collagen-rich fascia forms a continuous, piezoelectric web. Stretch or vibration produces surface potentials that travel through fibers and the structured water around them. Mechanical strain becomes current — a form of bioelectronic communication spanning the body. • Bone & Collagen: Fukada & Yasuda proved collagen fibrils generate electric polarization under stress. This coupling directs osteoblast activity, bone remodeling, and repair. Collagen is a dipolar polymer deformation reorients charges, creating internal fields. Biophysicist Mae-Wan Ho described fascia as a liquid crystal continuum, transmitting signals near-instantly — in some cases faster than nerves. Water as a Conductor of Memory Fascia is saturated in interfacial water. Pollack’s research shows it organizes into exclusion zones (EZ water) at hydrophilic surfaces like collagen: • EZ layers are negatively charged, bulk water holds counterions, creating charge separation. • Infrared light expands EZs, meaning breath, movement, even heat charges fascia. • This structuring provides low-resistance pathways for signals, turning fascia into a hydrated semiconductor network. Thus, fascia is both the crystal (collagen) and the current (EZ water). DNA and Geometry DNA itself is piezoelectric. Its backbone conducts charge, and its helical geometry supports resonance phenomena. Studies show DNA acts like a molecular wire, transmitting vibrational energy over long distances. Geometry governs coherence. Marcel Vogel demonstrated that precisely cut quartz amplifies energy. Likewise, fascia’s fractal geometry — from microscopic fibrils to macroscopic planes — distributes electromechanical charge throughout the body. Quartz turns stress into current. Bone, fascia, and DNA do the same. Water stores charge. Geometry determines flow. Tesla said: “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.” Scripture reminds: “Life and death are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21). The question is not if you are broadcasting, but what frequency you are carrying and projecting? Both echo the same truth: your words, thoughts, and movements are piezoelectric instructions, inscribing themselves into the crystalline fabric of your being. If fascia is a charged liquid crystal… If collagen inscribes stress as current… If water holds memory… If DNA resonates as a helical antenna… Then every prayer, every song, every breath is not just experience — it is circuitry. | 58 comments on LinkedIn

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