How much do we really know about the hundreds of different factors that function to change our planet’s climate?
On a radio interview I caught the other day (sorry, can’t recall which show), the speaker explained that climate science today is where our understanding of our solar system, the galaxy, and the rest of the universe was in 1960 when the space program began. (more…)
From this article on wave energy: A U.S. Navy test site off Oahu is now home to the world’s largest-capacity wave energy device, the Ocean Energy 35. (more…)
Lots of news under the “reckless abandonment of environmental laws” heading today.
Earlier, we saw that our children face horrific health consequences from toxins that were banned under Obama, but re-approved for use as of today. But what good is poisoning kids without adding to the frequency and scope of oil spills? (more…)
From the Union of Concerned Scientists: Years ago, the EPA determined that use of the popular pesticide should be banned. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the Trump administration’s first EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, to reverse the decision in 2017 – blatantly putting private interests over children’s health. (more…)
When I came across the article at the left, I was reminded of watching a slightly built golf pro with an effortless golf swing that pounds the ball 320 yards off the tee, or listening to a child prodigy play a concert piano piece at the tempo marked in the score without a single error, and saying to myself, “My God, he makes it look so easy.” (more…)
As much as I hate the violence that Trump engenders in our society, I question the logic presented in this meme. Correlation does not imply causation.
Trump holds rallies in regions whose politics favor him, and are therefore growing in terms of hate-related violence.
Put another way, if his people made a mass miscalculation and he came to Santa Barbara, would we see a 226% increase in hate crimes? No, unless you count the rotten fruit we’d be trying to throw at him.
I made the following comment on this clown’s video decrying renewable energy: “Completely incorrect about wind. One misstatement after another.”
This is just another is a long string of obstructions of justice.
We are (or were) a nation of laws.
Talk about “unsustainable.” The only thing that can stem from tolerating this is authoritarianism, if we’re not already there.
Just haul him out of there in handcuffs.
A reader submitted this photo, and notes, “Here’s a 1 MW unit we built in the Republic of Georgia.”
I’m suspicious, and here’s why. It’s impossible to measure the height and diameter with real accuracy, because there’s nothing recognizable at the same distance from the camera, but judging by the house in the background, I’m going to say the height is ~3m and the diameter ~2m. Thus its swept area is ~6m2, which is the equivalent of a traditional turbine with radius of ~1.5m. Using the equation:
Power = π/2 * radius² * wind velocity³ * air density * efficiency
and given a good efficiency rating and air density, we find that a 1MW turbine would require a wind speed of 187.56 MPH. That’s quite a stiff little breeze! I’m not sure how long that house would last under such conditions.
