This morning I explained to a friend that, in my estimation, Buckminster Fuller was a super-human engineer, architect, author and visionary. He’s perhaps best known today for some terrific quotes he made during his long and rich life, including my …
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From My Wonderful Collegue, Fritz Maffry, Who Has Been Studying the Electric Transportation Market Carefully Since Its Very Inception
Even though the delivery of Tesla model 3 vehicles might be two to three years off, getting lines longer than when Apple rolls out a new phone, and 198k reservations, set up a realization for the world that a new …
Will Computers Eventually Make the Human Mind Obsolete?
“Breath on the Wind” writes on my post: “A Chilling Lesson From Two of History’s Most Important Philosophers,” A computer can progress from one bit of logical data to another in a far more rapid progression than is possible for …
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2GreenEnergy’s Newsletters Attempt To Keep People Guessing
In connection with my post, “A Chilling Lesson From Two of History’s Most Important Philosophers,” a reader from Florida notes: Hi Craig, Wow! Had to read that a couple of times.” I wrote: Glad you liked it! (I use exclamation …
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A Chilling Lesson From Two of History’s Most Important Philosophers
It’s the birthday of the father of modern philosophy, Rene’ Descartes, who began his professional life as a prominent mathematician and scientist in 17th Century France. His much better-known explorations into philosophy came as an accident, when he realized that doubt …
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The Market for Wood Pellets in European Power Plants
A colleague in the southeastern part of the US has a huge and rock-solid fuel supply of wood to make into pellets, and, on the basis of that feedstock agreement, I’m trying to help him raise a significant amount (nine …
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When Viewed from a Cosmic Perspective, Earth is a Tiny, Unimportant Planet
A large object collided with Jupiter a couple of weeks ago (pictured here), and had the relatively huge planet not been there, it may have hit our home here in the Milky Way. It’s worthwhile to reflect occasionally on the Earth’s …
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Climate Change Mitigation: How’s It Going?
It’s the tenth anniversary of the Time Magazine article “Global Warming: Be Worried. Be Very Worried.” Writing for Time, journalist Jeffrey Kluger began his 2006 report: Polar ice caps are melting faster than ever, more and more land is being …
Geo-Engineering: Frightening But Perhaps Essential Fairly Soon
Rightfully, we regard the concept of geo-engineering with considerable trepidation. Proposals to use technology to address climate change come in various forms, the two most popular of which are increasing the albedo (reflectiveness) of the Earth, and enabling the oceans …
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Market Positioning
When I deliver a market positioning service for a client, I’m creating an instant recognition of the product or service by means of comparison to something that’s already well known and appreciated in the mind of the recipient. A dear …
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