Here’s an approach to small wind that’s trying to raise money via crowd funding. To anyone considering this investment, I invite you to do the math associated with the customer’s cost of energy.
Author: craigshields
Another Installment from Tech Maven Fritz Maffry
Long-time 2GreenEnergy contributor Fritz writes: Disruption is coming to a boil
Challenging the Notion of Global Warming
As suggested here, we certainly do seem to be of two different minds when it comes to science. We don’t challenge the science behind newly developed medications to treat disease, evacuating in front of hurricanes, or sending stuff to Mars. …
When This Is Over…..
This is interesting, but it rests on the assumption that this will, at some point, be over. Unfortunately, it’s perfectly possible that this country will find the toothpaste impossible to put back into the tube.
Tagged with: hateful and ignorant garbage
Electric Aircraft
A battery’s gravimetric energy and power densities (the amount of energy and power per unit of weight) are of zero concern when it’s stationary, but when they roll around on the planet’s surface, and in the drive-train for EVs, that …
Quick Comment on Biofuels
I’d like to think that the people who made this video believe they are doing a service to the environmental movement, suggesting that chips of cactus in the desert can be turned into biofuel in a fashion that isn’t a complete …
Let’s Admit How Little We Know
Please check out the “DK” curve at left. From Bertrand Russell: The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
Promoting Audi’s New Electric SUV
Audi’s TV commercial promoting its new electric SUV “E-Tron” that aired during the Super Bowl (“Maybe Electric Isn’t for You”) drew mixed reviews. First, it repeats what EV opponents say to dissuade prospective buyers (limited range, doesn’t handle cold weather …
Tagged with: Promoting Audi's New Electric SUV
We’re Not Big on Science
Senior engineer Wally Rippel (pictured), who contributed the chapter on cold fusion for my first book (Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies), likes to perform an exercise when he speaks in public:
Wow! You Really BELIEVE That?
The author of the meme here has accurately summed up the biggest problem facing our civilization: the frailty of poor thinking. We have a horrific inability to question anything that undermines what we want to believe, when these beliefs are …
