Author: craigshields

When we think about the biggest carbon footprint culprits in the world, several things immediately come to mind – transportation (traffic), industry and power stations. True, these are some of the biggest contributors to the pollution, but there is another …

From Guest Blogger Kelso: Building Materials and Sustainability Read More »

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We’ve all heard that “everything happens for a reason.” Personally, I don’t believe that, but I most certainly do enjoy the hell out of it when justice mysteriously happens somewhere in the world. Check this out.  (I do, of course, feel …

What Goes Around Comes Around?  Read More »

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In business meetings, I’m careful not to appear like some sort of pedantic enviro-nerd when I refuse to open up a bottle of Dasani or Aquafina, but I honestly think it’s just plain wrong to support this eco-catastrophic and deliberately …

The World Is Gradually Saying No To Bottled Water Read More »

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The pro-nuke people who are trying so desperately to eradicate solar and wind continue their tirade: Wind is a huge waste….. One full scale turbine has enough steel and concrete to build a safe 4th gen MSR with hundreds of times …

The Pro-Nuke People Who Hate Renewables Are Relentless, But a Bit Silly Read More »

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In rough numbers, there are 6200 posts here, about 5000 of which are mine, and, of those, there are probably 20 on the subject of writing per se.   Here’s one more…. Occasionally, we who write prose for a living are …

Writing Prose Can Make Us Yearn for More Expressive Forms of the Language Read More »

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If you haven’t got a job that involves being outdoors or driving vehicles then the chances are you are stuck indoors, and believe it or not we tend to spend 90% of our times indoors these days. Gone are the …

From Guest Blogger Joel Smith: Five Ways Energy Efficiency Can Improve Indoor Air Quality Read More »

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Creating the perfect “natural” home is difficult. With so many external pressures – fashion trends, price, environmental issues – it can be tricky to truly nail down everything you want. But for every plastic or metal household decor choice out …

From Guest Blogger Izzie: Natural Materials for the Home Read More »

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When I first got involved in electric transportation in 2008 I noticed something about vehicle to grid (V2G), i.e., the flow of information and electrical energy both to EVs from the grid, and from EVs back to the grid.  The …

Monitoring the Progress of Vehicle to Grid Is a Real Snooze Read More »

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TriAlpha Energy, a company I’ve mentioned many times, is apparently out of its “stealth mode,” as one infers from its new website. The way I understand this, there are various ways to provide the required energy to a certain feedstock, …

Nuclear Energy: Good News in Fusion Read More »

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