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A Bridge to Chaos

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It is challenging to avoid artificial intelligence and its implications for the electric grid and limit AI-centric blog posts to one per month. This post follows up and doubles down on AI, Manufacturing, and the Bridge Out Ahead, which discussed Trump's tariffs, manufacturing, AI, and the associated soaring electric loads. Trump's Negotiating Tactics Fortunately, I attended a two-hour session with world-class negotiating expert Deepak Malhotra from Harvard Business School. The topic everyone enjoyed the most was his assessment of Trump's "art of the deal" negotiating tactics. It's safe to say Malhotra is no fan of Trump, in his own words.…
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Paris: The Bumbling Abominable Snow Monster

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June 1, 2017.  Does that ring a bell?  To many, it is a day of infamy – the day Trump bid adieu to the Paris climate deal, accord, treaty, or whatever (Paris).  Since then, I have read many an article, LinkedIn posts, and Tweets filled with wailing and gnashing of teeth.  Was Paris that good?  Does anyone reading this know the details?  I decided to dig in and synthesize it to hors devours, which seems kind of French.  Right? The broad objectives of the agreement include three things: Hold temperatures to well within 2 degrees C relative to pre-industrial temperatures.…
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