If the United States is to become less radicalized, it has to begin somewhere. Hmmm. Where to start?
Author: craigshields
Answers for Geoff
What was our locker number at the HVCC swimming pool? 412 Who was the portly kid in your class at PC who once did a weekend sleep-over at someone’s house and beamed the next Monday: “And we had steak for …
More Crap on Small Wind
Every ad I see for these people contains at least one–often several–glaring inaccuracies. Do you really believe that utility-scale wind turbines are: a) Fixed in position, and don’t adjust for wind direction? Just look it up; it only takes a …
Why EVs Are So Efficient
As shown in the graphic here, most of the energy consumed in ICE (internal combustion engines) is lost as waste heat. Compare this to the efficiency of charging batteries through electric motors, which is approximately 90%. This is why we …
Tagged with: and increase the total load on the grid by only 14%, efficiency of changing batteries through electric motors is approximately 90%, most of the energy consumed in ICE (internal combustion engines) is lost as waste heat. internal combustion engines, we could replace every ICE car and light-duty truck on Earth with an EVs
Countries Without God
A couple of months ago, I happened to ask a friend who had emigrated from Sweden if she was religious. “No!” she exclaimed. “Almost no one in Sweden is religious.” As we see at left, there seems to be a …
From the Independent: “Trump Administration to Pay Two More Companies to Walk Away from U.S. Offshore Wind Leases”
From this article in The Independent: The Trump administration announced two more payouts Monday for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development. Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind have agreed to end their offshore wind leases in …
Shields Family Questions for Geoff
What was our locker number at the HVCC swimming pool? Who was the portly kid in your class at PC who once did a weekend sleep-over at someone’s house and beamed the next Monday: “And we had steak for dinner!” …
Understanding Pete Hegseth
What is said here about Pete Hegseth is clearly true. But keep in mind that he’s fiercely loyal to Donald Trump, and Trump couldn’t possibly care what happens to the United States, as long as he can stay out of …
Does Clean Energy Reduce Your Energy Bills?
Here’s an article that outlines how the EU has lowered energy prices via its investment in renewables. In truth, the economics of all this is complicated. In most of the world, there are subsidies for clean energy, just as there …
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Another Concept in Small Wind
These guys have an innovation in small wind: their turbine “furls up” in dangerously high wind conditions, making it “perfect for your backyard.” Check out this video. The competition has to shut down to avoid having their product destroyed in …
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