Energy Generation from Building Roof Heat Dissipators
Back in 2009, within a few months after 2GreenEnergy announced that it would conduct a no-charge review of any renewable energy business plan, someone showed me the very idea shown at left: converting the energy from spinning heat dissipators into electricity. I told him that he should begin by measuring the total amount of power available in the best of conditions, and determining the value of the energy they would produce in the course of the hottest day of the year. (more…)
A mere 138 dead Salvadorans, butchered by the violence they were desperately trying to escape? We can live with that.
As we know, average temperatures around the globe are rising, but some spots are warming much faster than others.
Here’s the problem: adults of good fitness average between 50 and 150 watts power output through an hour of vigorous exercise, meaning that you’re going to be “powering your house” for a day with 0.1 kWhs. Since the average American uses 30 kWhrs per day, you’re going to need 300 such bicyclists.
The map here was created from a composite of readings from satellites and marine vessels. From 
When I become a grandfather, it’s (vaguely) possible that I’ll be consulted once more as to what objects belong in a child’s playroom. At left is a good example of what, IMO, doesn’t belong there: training in robo-consumerism.
Rightfully, Mitt Romney is getting a lot of atta-boys this week for the courage he showed in voting to convict Trump. He stood up and did what he believed to be right, knowing the consequences, i.e., being bathed in his colleagues’ opprobrium. 
It seems like progressives are right, at least in part, when they claim agency in the economic collapse of companies like ExxonMobil, whose market cap has plummeted to the tune of $184 billion (40%) over the last six years. 
My fifth grade teacher used to say, “A word to the wise is sufficient.”
Here’s a great article that sums up the 
