Partially related to my previous post: Did you know that all coal contains trace amounts of nuclear material? Mostly Uranium and Thorium. Burning the coal releases this nuclear material into the atmosphere! (Who could have thought).

In a 2009 report by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it was estimated that all US coal plants combined emit more, much more, nuclear waste than all US nuclear plants combined *consume* in nuclear material.

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0932/ML093280447.pdf

"More than 1,000 “super-emitter” sites gushed the potent greenhouse gas methane into the global atmosphere in 2022"

Hard to know what the most shocking part of this story is, but just the idea that 25% of current warming is from methane and **40%** of that methane is from entirely avoidable fossil fuel facility leaks is horrifying. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points #methane #climate #fossilfuels

#Design’s purpose is to create something people actually want.

That desirability is critical, and lots of things roll into it. If done right it has the potential to find 10x, or 100x the value compared to poor decision making.

In order to create something people actually want, you must:

- learn about the problem and opportunity space deeply
- break down the problem and methodically solve it
- create an aligned solution that matches users’ mental models
- ensure it actually solves the problem

California residents can access all of Coursera for free here: https://c4b-integration.com/csl

Similar links for New York: https://dol.ny.gov/online-learning-coursera

#education #free #resources