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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Gas turbines are fairly flexible to switch on and off as wind varies, they’re relatively cheap, highly efficient and much lower in emissions than wood, coal or oil. Northern England would now be as brimming with home-grown gas as parts of Pennsylvania and Texas. Gas is the only answer.

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From Waiter to Guest at Nantucket’s Grande Dame Hotel

Baua Electric

Never cheap, Nantucket has become a vertiginously expensive destination. The chef, Mr. Hsu, is a Chinese-Hawaiian American from Pennsylvania, and my waiter at the White Elephant was Slovenian. It also just happened to serve a generously filled beauty of a lobster roll, crowned with a gild-the-lily garnish of crunchy onion rings.

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