Resilient Futures | J.A. Ginsburg

The Negamatts of Process

a cheaper, smarter, cleaner way to make steel

Jan 5 • J.A. Ginsburg

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December 2025

Negamatts: The Cascading, Sector-Crossing Benefits of the Materials Transition

Motors Without Magnets; a Plug’n’Play Mini Bottling Plants

Dec 15, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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November 2025

The Materials Transition: How Everything We Make Can Be Made Better

* a backgrounder for a series of future posts about companies and technologies of the materials transition

Nov 19, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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Fruits! Roots! Shoots!

On “The Stuff that Stuff is Made Of”

Nov 4, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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October 2025

Waves of Relief

Could a failed experiment to reduce the threat of hurricanes help restore coral reefs?

Oct 8, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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September 2025

Every Day is Sun Day

Solar wins! Cheap, clean energy for all!

Sep 19, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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August 2025

Power Plays: Part III

solar wins the AI race, footing the fossil bill, hat tricks and Sun Day

Aug 20, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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Power Plays: Part II

highjacking the narrative, intentional ignorance, grooming LLMs, politicizing AI

Aug 20, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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Power Plays: Part I

energy efficiency, growing an economy, climate change, buying time, solar gains

Aug 20, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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April 2025

Why the Government Whole is (or was) Worth So Much More than the Sum of its Parts

on sniffer dogs, seeds & intelligence; systems, networks & consequences; the difference between business & government; wood chippers, chainsaws and…

Apr 18, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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January 2025

CHIPPED: Part 4

water wars, 12 years from rock to e-waste

Jan 17, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

CHIPPED: Part 5

a century of progress, collision course, slop & the future

Jan 17, 2025 • J.A. Ginsburg

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