ramez So the key here is that, if Germany had the power to make a new clean tech cheaper for the whole world, than the US (much larger) certainly does. And that is our most powerful lever in having an impact on global emissions and global climate change. 9/
ramez Solar & wind are now cheaper in many parts of the world than new coal or gas. That happened *because Germany subsidized them when they were young and expensive*. And because China did a bit later. Like cheap solar in California & Nevada? Thank German & Chinese policy makers. 8/
singareddynm Lissajous curve table - the ratio of frequencies between two sinusoidal movements. pic.twitter.com/yU3fStu6du
EnglishGibson stop = bitte nicht mehr twitter.com/mutablejoe/sta…
EnglishGibson Anyone who finds “what…for…” in that context unusual and knows about my interest in Germanisms in American English will understand. I’ll add this item to the list when I reopen my blog.
EnglishGibson “You guys need to follow some of the boys out in the pit and see what they’re using for pay phones.”
“You guys need to get up on those rooftops today, see what these mopes are using for phones.”
EnglishGibson Here’s some interesting American English usage I noticed on season 1, episode 8 of The Wire (2002), which is set in Baltimore:
ArrantPedantry Actually, "fewer" is a hypercorrection. twitter.com/AdamMKaufman/s…