Here’s a question for you mechanical engineering types out there: Can you please comment on this energy storage device? I saw this at a conference a few years ago, but forgot about it until just now. (more…)
Here’s a short video on green roofs, a subject which, when properly implemented, can cut summer air conditioning bills by up to 75%.
Interesting, cities like San Francisco and Chicago have mandated green roofs for any construction larger than 25,000 square feet, which, though it sounds cool at first blush, opens up the subject of the proper role of government. (more…)
Here’s a concept in renewable energy that a reader submitted, to which I wrote:
Here’s the problem you’re going to run into: the first and second laws of thermodynamics. (more…)
I understand that the far right wing, with the aid of its think tanks, wants to inflict as much damage as possible to the institutions that keep us healthy, globally competitive, and out of poverty. What I don’t understand is why. Who, regardless of how much money one has, wants to live in a world of ignorance, pollution, and destitution?
Want an eye-opener? Google, as I just did, “cato institute public education.”
You might think that all the new heat that’s melting the arctic is distributed more or less evenly across the region. As shown here, you’d be wrong; for reasons no one seems to be able to understand, it’s actually concentrated in a fairly small patch of previously frozen ocean water between Alaska and the North Pole. The rate of warming up there is more than three times the planetary average.
Sustainable living has become a necessity and we all need to contribute to the betterment of our global biosphere. The symptomatic weather changes, which are happening all around us, have become undeniable. (more…)
The meme here is funny, but, news flash: Very few Americans could even tell you who Heiddeger was; let alone what he meant. I had to add his name to my dictionary just now.
Having said that, this gives me an opportunity to make a point: in large measure, Western philosophy has largely been supplanted by Western science. (more…)
The largest climate rally in history, California: Rise for Climate, Jobs, & Justice, is happening in San Francisco this coming Saturday, September 8th. (more…)
Speaking about her support of Trump, a wealthy friend of a friend explains, “I know he’s a terrible person, but I agree with his ideas, and he’s doing good for me.” Read: He’s keeping people with brown skin far away from me, he’s making rich people richer, and I really couldn’t care less about anything else. (more…)
There is a breadth of possible reactions to President Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. federal government rescind NBC’s broadcast license due to its participation in “fake news.”
You could say that this is a terrible idea, because it shows how little Trump knows about the law and the workings of the FCC. (more…)
