Here’s an idea in renewable energy that finds its way onto social media every couple of months. Called HydroWave, it purports to convert the energy of the ocean waves incident on the sides of a ship into a form that …
To Evaluate Renewable Energy Concepts, Apply Common Sense First, Engineering Second Read More »
I’ve mentioned that I almost never eat higher on the food chain than fish, and thus I’m always looking for novel ways to serve up anything that lives in water. I found this recipe for tuna tartare just now, and …
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Astronomers have discovered over 2000 exoplanets, some of which have a startling resemblance to our Earth. Cancer patients are twice as likely to survive for a decade or more than they were 40 years ago. Today, your cell phone has more computing power in …
Are There Areas In Which Scientists Simply Can’t Be Trusted? Read More »
If being a good steward of the environment comes at the expense of comfort, convenience, style, safety, or any of the other things we demand in our lives, it’s not going to happen. That’s the thought that went through my …
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My post, “Most Congressional Climate Skeptics Simply Haven’t Come Out of the Closet,” offered some harsh words on the integrity of congressional climate skeptics, including: I seriously doubt there are more than a handful of true climate deniers in Congress; I think most …
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I had a pleasant call with a woman from Chicago just now, who sent me this document, outlining an invention in solar energy ostensibly made by a gentleman in South Korea. Upon reviewing it, I wrote: Thanks, but this is …
Here’s a request I received from 350.org, asking me to “Tell Congress that climate change made Hurricane Irma worse.” I complied, as I always do, but I seriously doubt there are more than a handful of true climate deniers in Congress; …
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Here’s a graph of average global temperatures from NASA (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration). We’ve all seen this before; what could possibly be newsworthy about it? It’s that NASA won’t be in the climate/atmospheric research business much longer, so graphics …
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As it’s the 138th birthday of Margaret Sanger, the woman who founded Planned Parenthood and coined the term “birth control,” it seems a good time to mention some of the ramifications of her work.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again – English Nursery Rhyme Here’s an article for the few remaining believers in the U.S. coal industry, a group probably limited in scope to some …
The Economics of Coal Was Put to the Test. Spoiler Alert: It Failed. Read More »
