New Update from Tech Maven Fritz Maffry
Here’s the latest from Fritz. – Craig
Tesla is about to do something remarkable in the transit space (more…)
Chile Dumps Coal
As discussed in this video, Chile just became the most recent country to dedicate itself to ridding its energy mix of coal at the maximum practical rate.
Can’t the U.S. do the same? No one’s asking for this to happen next week, but can’t we make a policy that directs this nation away from dirty energy? (more…)
Hydrokinetics Ideas Everywhere, But Do They Hold Water?
Here’s an ocean wave power device that captures energy from the relative motion of their two arms as the wave passes them. According to the company that developed the product, Crestwing, they plan to sell it to energy production companies at home and abroad. (more…)
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Losing the Amazon
Question: At what rate are we losing the Amazon rain forest, in terms of acres per hour?
World Bank Group To Invest $200 Billion in Renewable Energy, Climate Change Mitigation
The World Bank is a large and interesting organization. As they introduce themselves on their website: With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. (more…)
Is This Product a Scam or Merely Idiotic?
A reader by the name of Will Watson asks a question about my lambasting the Joulebox as a silly scam: In your last sentence you refer to a scam or a group self-delusion. Does this mean that there is not a positive track for this product? (more…)
How Trump Affects the Population of the Mentally Disturbed: One Man’s Opinion
One wonders what might be the results of an entire population’s living in a country where facts have ceased to matter, and where everyone is forced to breathe the exhaust of the leader of the free world who tells, on average, 7.6 baldfaced lies every day.
To the credit of Colin Powell, he has nailed it. These really are boom times for deranged people.
Tagged with: facts have ceased to matter
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: What Happens Upstairs
Question: The aircraft we come in contact with on a day-to-day basis flies in the troposphere, i.e., under about 50,000 feet. Are there aircraft that function in the layer above that, i.e., the stratosphere? If so, how are they powered and what is their function?
Energy Writer of the Year
The piece below is an announcement to the effect that The American Energy Society has selected Nathaniel Rich as the Energy Writer of the Year for his article, “Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change” (New York Times Magazine, August 1, 2018). There are several elements here that I found interesting: (more…)
More From Tech Maven Fritz Maffry
It’s always time well-spent for me to go through Fritz’s offerings; hope you agree.
I haven’t written much on the lithium air battery chemistry, but it’s an extremely important development insofar as it has a potential gravimetric energy density of over 40 MJ/Kg, which is comparable to gasoline. If course “potential” is a big word here; current offerings are less than one-thousandth of that. – Craig (more…)
Tagged with: battery road map, large scale battery, lithium-air, solid state batteries, Tesla Gigafactory
