Here’s a piece on the five most viable energy storage technologies, and I’m happy to see that compressed air (CAES) is among them.
By way of update, the CAES project I represent appears very close to getting the funding it needs to proceed; it’s been a long slog, but all signs look positive at this point.
Regular readers know that big oil companies, ExxonMobil in particular, are facing enormous legal liability associated with lying to the public, especially shareholders, about what they knew as early as 1980 concerning the danger that climate change represents and the damage that their product would ultimately wreak onto humankind. (more…)
Stephen King is one of the most intelligent and astute observers of our culture and its flaws, and I agree with 99% of what he says about Donald Trump’s sociopathic nature, and the grave danger he represents to our country and to the world. (more…)
From the Los Angeles Times:
2GreenEnergy supporter and public intellectual Stephen Lacey writes, This is the defining moment of our hyperpartisanship. If Trump can convince Americans that 100,000 deaths is a triumph (it’s very possible), I have absolutely no hope that the tribalist rot in our system can be healed. (more…)
It’s the birthday of French mathematician, scientist and philosopher, a true badass of Western thought, Rene Descartes, most famous for his line, “I think therefore I am.” (more…)
These people claim, “A US start-up has created vodka quite literally from thin air – using solar power to convert carbon from the air and convert it into alcohol. It’s now working with NASA to look at other opportunities for capturing carbon.” (more…)
Those who think my posts have a negative tone to them certainly have a point, which is why I hesitated before republishing this graphic.
In the end, I couldn’t resist, perhaps because it’s so well done.
It’s worth pointing out that we, every one of us, figure into the mix here, as to the ultimate disposition of our civilization.
Ironically, the coronavirus has served a useful purpose in that, at this point, it’s clear to everyone that business as usual isn’t working, and that some participation from all of us is required to avert catastrophe.
Will we make it happen? In time? Stay tuned.
Here’s a cogent interview with a journalist who explores why there is so little good news in today’s media; everything’s bad today, and it will be even worse tomorrow. He notes that this is the precise opposite of the way we raise our children: we encourage, we celebrate success, we describe the world as a nice place to live. (more…)
“Mississippi’s never going to be China.” True. In China, children get good educations and compete effectively in the world economy. Right now, there are 362,000 Chinese students earning doctorate degrees.
Meanwhile, Mississippi ranks 48th in education among the 50 states. (more…)
