Christine Lokiec

It is really hard to know! One map that I found recently that I think is really cool is this one: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/live/fifteen_minutes You can zoom into different parts of the world and see how clean the electric grid is at any given moment. In some parts of the world it'll also show you those electric flows - as I type this, France is selling very clean energy to Germany, which is selling moderately dirty energy to Poland, which is selling very dirty energy to Lithuania. By clicking on a country, you can see what its electricity generation mix is. Then you can also adjust the time slider, to see how everything changes during the day when there's a lot of solar, vs. at night. If you're in the U.S., another map I can really recommend is this one: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/US48/US48. It looks pretty complicated at first, but you can click on what part of the country you're in, and then scroll down to the chart that shows "Electricity generation by energy source." I find it really fascinating to look at! You can check out different parts of the country and see where there's a lot of electricity from solar, wind, natural gas, coal, etc. For example in California, it looks like they don't have a lot of hydropower, but what they do use is saved for overnight, along with their massive battery supply, to support their daytime solar. Then in the Midwest, where I am, there's much less solar, but we're starting to get enough, along with wind, to be able to make a dent in our coal and natural gas generation some days. It's a really fascinating subject to learn about!

For me, it's knowledge around preventative care and having a baseline for bloodwork to better catch anomalies. Also, I schedule my checkup and it's on my calendar, and if it's on my calendar, scheduled and visible, it's something I hold mental space for. I have the attitude that I'm going to that vs. I'll decide if I want to do that later.