I feel this article is more informative than the last article I posted. Credit to noride@lemmy.zip for the link.

I recently took a job where I take soil flux samples on a regular basis. We’re monitoring CO2 for the most part with a licor 850, but sometimes CH4 too with a licor 7810 iirc.

I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’m going through the motions but I don’t fully trust the data that’s coming out. It looks right, but we have a custom built setup and can’t use soil collars or the fancy fully automated licor domes. I tried performing a DIY leak test today and left more confused than when I started. Can anyone point me to some resources on proper sampling technique and equipment maintainance, or perhaps a proper way to perform a leak test, if any?

Thanks

Is this thing as sketchy as it seems? The organization seems to be positioning itself as a way to verify you’re a real live human online, something about blockchain, doesn’t store your data, etc. Does anyone know more about it? I’m interested in how they make money and/or who is funding this project. They say the right things but seem to be hiding who is supporting them.

Paper effectively makes the point that class warfare is a significant factor in why inflation persists.

Here’s another blurb about the paper from nakedcapitalism.com/…/why-inflation-sticks-around…

This post makes an extremely useful observation, even though it is a bit more in economese than is ideal, despite it being aimed at generalist readers. It effectively makes the point that class warfare is a significant factor in why inflation persists. But oddly the author is loath to use the phrase “class warfare” even though he describes a struggle between labor and business owners/operators.

There is ample historical and recent proof of his view. In the 1970s stagflation, cost of living adjustments to worker pay, which for most enterprises is their biggest single expense, kept those costs increasing at the same clip as inflation, which meant they would typically seek to preserve margins by then increasing prices to a similar degree. Even though white collar workers generally did not have formal COLA, it had become a widespread practice to also increase their compensation in line with inflation so as to preserve their status relative to union/factory personnel. This is one reason that economists who have done granular analysis of the much-derided Nixon wage/price freeze says the Administration threw in the towel just as it was beginning to work…if nothing else, by resetting the inflation level used in the COLAs.

In the current iteration of how class warfare works at a time when corporations have greatly reduced labor bargaining power, we have repeatedly pointed out that in the US, corporate profits are nearly twice the level they were at as a percent of GDP in the early 2000s….a level Warren Buffett had deemed at the time to be unsustainably high. In the sticky Covid-induced inflation, many commentators have accused companies of engaging in “greedflation,” as in putting through price increases that were not necessary to cover cost rises, under the cover of general inflation. We’ve confirmed that behavior recently in the case of Kraft Heinz, where their price gouging accelerated the inroads made by more modestly priced store brands.

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone here have experience with NACS adapters? I have a Nissan Ariya (CC3 charging port) and would like to use Tesla’s supercharger network occasionally. Nissan sells a NACS adapter through their website for $244 USD, but it likely costs more than it should. Does anyone have recommendations for a generic CC3 to NACS adapter?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m in the market for a used EV in the USA. My family needs a second car, and we’ve been driving a 2017 LEAF for several years now. We like it quite a bit, but it has limitations when compared to other EVs (40 kWh capacity and CHAdeMO charge port). Does anyone have any suggestions? We’d like something with more range, a NACS charge port, and under $25K. Does such a thing exist? Is there a good website that can help me narrow down options?

Thank you!