It’s the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, most remembered for his role in conservation, i.e., his activism in preserving the natural environment. Per The Writer’s Almanac: During his presidency, (Roosevelt ) provided protection for almost 230 million acres of land, creating …
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Well my nickel-iron batteries have finally arrived from China on Friday afternoon. I have unpacked them and set them up and attached them to my system for their first charging. They are bigger than I imagined they would be — …
Everyone on Earth who knows anything about our environment challenges would like to see the elimination of coal-fired power plants at the maximum feasible rate. Yet few (myself included) have a rock-solid understanding of the implications of moving off coal. …
What Actually Happens As We Move Away From Coal as an Energy Source? Read More »
Here’s another article by Robert Hargraves on the safety and cost-effectiveness of nuclear. If you have the stomach for it, read how the reporting of Fukushima spread unwarranted fear, and see if you can figure out the author’s explanation of …
There is a large and growing trend in which seniors living in the colder parts of the United States go into assisted living in the fall – only to come out and move back into their homes in the spring. …
It’s the birthday of Geoffrey Chaucer, who gave us the rip-roaring stories comprising the Canterbury Tales. Though I read them all senior year in high school in a marvelous English course called “Chaucer and Cummings,” (taught by my favorite teacher …
Eventually, Environmentalists Will Be Proven Right — Or Wrong Read More »
A gentleman from New Zealand contacted me recently about a terrific idea in the integration of solar thermal water heating in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings . I’m off to Los Angeles for a meeting with him in which we’ll …
If I had another couple of good reasons to be in London, I’d love to check out this conference on tidal energy, reported to be one of the fastest growing renewable energy technologies, and predicted to be worth a staggering …
A shell and tube heat exchanger (pictured here) is one of the most common type of heat exchanger that you will find used in various industrial sites such as oil refineries and chemical processing plants. They are popular applications for …
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make this lecture on a local professor’s new book: Let It Shine: The 6000-Year Story of Solar Energy. But I feel like I learned a lot just reading the abstract, e.g., the work the …
