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Good Morning – July 16, 2021
Good morning on this Friday! Happy Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆!
Is that something to be happy about? Summer is always so short in these northern latitudes. And I compare my life to the the off-gridders in Alaska where they go through their winters in all but the dimmest sunlight a good portion of the winter. Climate change isn’t able yet to extend the length of day, although I guess on hot days the power grid has more droop slowing clocks 🕒 and if the canyon burns 🔥 out west then the wildfire produces light.
Mostly cloudy and 69 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌥 There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The humidity sucks, especially when last summer wasn’t really humid. The muggy weather ends Thursday around 3 am. 😓
It’s just been just such a hot and muggy summer. ☔ And most of weekends have been cold and rainy. Last night I didn’t end up going to the park as I realized it was a Thursday and they have the family 👪 concerts there so it wouldn’t be a good place to bring a book to read 📖. Plus I was just hot so I decided to just sit at home by the fan.
Seems a bit cooler today, 🍃 but the air is still quite muggy as I do my morning walk 🚶🏻. I don’t think today is going to be quite as hot as yesterday. Still been feeling quite anxious this morning about stupid things and my truck, and my moldy and always wet apartment and that project I overlooked yesterday but I know it’s all kind of silly 😋.
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469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not
469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not
7/14/21 by Freakonomics Radio
Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/125775090
Episode: https://chtbl.com/track/736CG3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b/14a43378-edb2-49be-8511-ab0d000a7030/06184821-0aa4-4c0d-92a0-ad650174a53d/audio.mp3
We often look to other countries for smart policies on education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. But can a smart policy be simply transplanted into a country as culturally unusual (and as supremely WEIRD) as America?
Fertilizer prices expected to stay high over the remainder of 2021
Most fertilizer prices soared in 2021, particularly phosphates and urea, driven by strong demand and higher input costs. Potash prices remained broadly stable on ample supply. Fertilizer prices are projected to average more than one quarter higher in 2021 than last year, before easing in 2022.? Risks to the forecast include the pace of capacity expansions, geopolitical tensions, and, in the medium term, environmental policies on fertilizer use.