evasive_chimpanzee

I’ve never made paneer, but I have made a lot of ricotta (well, this type of ricotta, there’s also leftover whey ricotta, which I haven’t made). I had no clue paneer was basically just pressed ricotta.

Do you ever salt it, or is that just not common with paneer?

My trouble is always ending up with too much leftover whey. Yeah, you can use it in bread, but unless you are baking like 4 kg of bread, you won’t use it all. I’ve used it in soup, too.

Do you have any links to any recent info? This link makes it seem like its still not great, bit it like to see actual hard data.

https://gearjunkie.com/motors/motorcycle-vs-vehicle-emissions

Unfortunately, and I learned this relatively recently, motorcycles are worse for GHG emissions than cars because of catalytic converters (and probably just better combustion in general).

Agreed on electric, though.

You got me curious, and the plot thickens.

In September 2024, they voted “to pursue steps for a moratorium on solar development within the town except for roof mounted solar”

They never did actually create a moratorium, they just voted saying that they wanted to. I actually checked the ordinances, and no such ordinance exists. The latest town meeting minutes actually say they are still working on it.

Basically, this whole article is stretching the truth, and I would expect a journalist to look up the ordinance if they are going to claim it exists.

I think this is an irresponsible headline. If you actually read the article, it says the town does not currently have anyone trying to develop utility-scale solar. The moratorium, therefore, is not actually pumping the brakes on any solar projects.

Towns need rules on these things, and as long as the moratorium isnt an indefinite pause, and they are actually working on coming up with rules, I think it’s the responsible thing to do.

In addition to this, you can find a lot of stuff through iNaturalist.

I really need to try actually doing that one of these days.

Instead of cutting it into cubes, try hand tearing pieces for the air fryer. If you do that, the irregular edges crisp up better, especially if you oil it and then dredge in cornstarch or similar.

It makes sense. Their only real opposition to solar power has been the fact that it’s not a fossil fuel, and the fossil fuel industry had enough money to keep the republicans in their pocket. Now that solar companies have some money, they can afford to buy some Republicans.

Solar power fits the conservative mindset a lot better than wind (or honestly even coal). You probably aren’t going to power your own house on wind or coal, but you absolutely could on solar. Solar works better collectively, but it’s still pretty easy to set up a house as your own personal fiefdom. Once you have assured that you will never run out of power, you can start undermining collectivised energy infrastructure.

The hate on offshore wind i think is literally just rich people not wanting them in their sight.

From wikipedia:

Figures compiled in a 2007 report by National Geographic[70] point to modest results for corn ethanol produced in the US: one unit of fossil-fuel energy is required to create 1.3 energy units from the resulting ethanol

Add on top of that the environmental impact and opportunity cost of the land use, and corn based ethanol becomes a non-viable solution.

Yeah, I dont think we’ll ever be in a place where we don’t want to be producing some combustible fuel. We can electrify a whole lot of things, but it’s hard to beat the energy density of stuff you can burn.