{"id":17057,"date":"2017-06-09T17:38:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=17057"},"modified":"2018-01-31T22:22:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T04:22:16","slug":"a-note-about-www-digitaltrends-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=17057","title":{"rendered":"A note about www.digitaltrends.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial Note<\/strong>:\u00a0 This is the first time I had to deal with something like this.\u00a0 Linking to a site is not against the law nor can anyone demand it be removed.\u00a0 Here are two emails supposedly from www.digitaltrends.com<\/a>.\u00a0 The email lists three urls from bucktownbell.com, this site, but none of them reference the link he complained about.\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, this could be a bot email and Rob Wolfe at dtlinkoutreach@gmail.com could be spam or some kind of spear phishing attack on me.<\/p>\n

So I took the post that linked to\u00a0https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/china-floating-solar-power-plant\/<\/a>\u00a0 down.\u00a0 No big deal.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After the emails are links to other sites about China’s new solar power plant.\u00a0 I found the story interesting.\u00a0 This site is about articles I find interesting.<\/p>\n

Now bugger off Rob Wolfe whoever you are!<\/p>\n

Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:55:53 +0000\r\nFrom: Rob Wolfe <dtlinkoutreach@gmail.com>\r\nTo: Mark Anderson <mea@brandylion.com>\r\nSubject: quick question\r\nParts\/Attachments:\r\n   1   OK     25 lines  Text\r\n   2 Shown    26 lines  Text\r\n----------------------------------------\r\n\r\nJust a quick question Mark\r\n\r\n- did you get my last e-mail?\r\n\r\nI really need you to remove the link on\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?%C2%A0\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?%C2%A0&paged=2\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?author\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?author=2\r\n\r\ngoing to my site at\r\n\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/china-floating-solar-power-plant\/\r\n\r\nCan you please remove it ASAP?\r\n\r\nIf you have any questions or concerns, please let me know\r\n\r\n---\r\nRob Wolfe\r\n\r\n------------- latest email -----------------<\/pre>\n
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:26:58 +0000\r\nFrom: rob Wolfe <dtlinkoutreach2@gmail.com>\r\nTo: Mark Anderson <mea@brandylion.com>\r\nSubject: Mark please respond\r\nParts\/Attachments:\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0 OK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29 lines\u00a0 Text\r\n\u00a0\u00a0 2 Shown\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33 lines\u00a0 Text\r\n----------------------------------------\r\n\r\nHey Mark\r\n\r\nI really really need you to act on this.\r\n\r\nYou are linking to my site at\r\n\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/china-floating-solar-power-plant\/\r\n\r\nfrom here\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?%C2%A0\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?%C2%A0&paged=2\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?author\r\nhttp:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?author=2\r\n\r\nI am very sure that this link is hurting my site in Google!\r\n\r\nThis means, retaining that link would hurt the reputation of your site as well, if we\r\nneed to include it in our link disavow request to Google.\r\n\r\nSo please remove that link ASAP and I'll make sure to not bother you again!\r\n\r\nThanks in advance!\r\n\r\n---\r\nRob Wolfe<\/pre>\n
\u00a0Here are some better articles on this subject anyway.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/div>\n
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China Turns On the World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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So why build solar plants on top of lakes and reservoirs? Fiona Harvey at The Guardian<\/em><\/a> explains that building on bodies of water, especially manmade lakes that are not ecologically sensitive, helps protect agricultural land and terrestrial ecosystems from being developed for energy use. The water also cools the electronics in the solar panels, helping them to work more efficiently, reports\u00a0Alistair Boyle for\u00a0The Telegraph<\/em><\/a>. For similar reasons\u00a0Britain built a 23,000-panel floating solar farm on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir near Heathrow airport in 2016 to help power the Thames Water treatment plant.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Source: China Turns On the World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm | Smart News | Smithsonian<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
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Another blurb from an actual tree hugger site of all places:\u00a0 World’s largest floating solar farm, now online in China<\/a><\/div>\n
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When I wrote about China and India being years ahead of their climate pledges<\/a>, some commenters expressed skepticism. But whatever your views on how well we can trust official government statistics, one thing is pretty much undeniable at this point:<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Renewable energy and clean tech are very big business in China and India right now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a> ….<\/p>\n
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