If you’re feeling kind of low and looking for the kind of pick-me-up that only a good piece of technofraud can offer, let me present Genesys. It’s a solar “amplifier” that powers your house with one 200-Watt solar panel, while …
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Attractive Wind Turbine Has Low Value
There is a reason that wind turbines have long blades: the power they generate is proportional to the area they sweep, and, since the area of a circle is pi times the square of its radius, bigger means much better.
What’s Next?
Not since just before the turning point in the Second World War has there been so much public angst about America’s future. The father of the kid I’m tutoring is a stockbroker, and I asked him yesterday, “What’s going to …
A Helpful Little Tip, Or a Unique Writing Style?
Here’s a reminder that great communicators seldom are completely prosaic in their writing style. Just brilliant, IMO. Of course, if I started incorporating this writing approach into my clients’ cleantech business plans, I’m not sure they’d be as amused as …
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Jared and Ivanka Celebrate Their 10th
What’s going on here? I don’t mean the obvious, i.e., that two unelected government officials will be using a government facility to host a personal gathering and that taxpayers are picking up the tab.
Scientists, Though Sacked, Keep on Working
As a nation, we tend to do a great deal of hand-wringing about job loss. Given that, it’s strange that there isn’t more concern for the passel of scientists that have been fired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over …
Global Warming Means More Disease
Climate change will affect many dozens of aspects on life here on Earth, and actually, a few (a slim minority) of those effects will be positive, e.g., longer growing seasons in places like Canada and Russia.
Environmental Challenges
At age 77, American environmental lawyer Gus Speth has become quite the quotable guy. I happen to love what he said here about the top environmental problems we face.
Trump’s Future
Acquittal in the Senate. Re-election next November. Resignation. Impeachment, removal, conviction on multiple felonies, prison. Escape with his family to Russia. We’ve all seen the predictions, like the one on the left.
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Details Versus the Larger Picture
Sometimes the fine points are important, as this magnificent detail from a Rembrandt (larger version below). Other times, all we really need to do is hit the broad side of the barn. We need to finds ways to decarbonize our …
