One of my colleagues is trying to put together an interview for me with the Wall Street Business Network, and asked me to develop some “talking points” to provide an example of how this might unfold. I just knocked out …
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I try not to be too nasty to people who send me stuff, regardless of how ridiculous it may appear. Here’s a sample dialog that happened just a couple of minutes ago: Message: Inventor Seeking Investments For Technological Development
Recently I was reconnected with a friend from college who asked me how I wound up majoring in physics and philosophy, given that they’re two radically different ways of understanding our physical and mental universes. I thought readers might be interested …
My brilliant and self-deprecating friend Jim Boyden (Ph.D. in physics from CalTech), asks: Have you been following this (announcement from Blacklight Power)? I haven’t looked at it for some time. It all goes back to Mills’ hydrino theory (maybe). I haven’t …
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Water has long been a form a renewable energy through massive dams that provide hydroelectric power. Now it can become a new form of water power with a natural process of using salt water known as osmosis. How Osmosis Works
According to the Writer’s Almanac, it’s the birthday of James Whistler whose most famous painting was titled Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), but it’s more commonly known as “Whistler’s Mother.” It’s a portrait of Anna Matilda McNeill …
A reader posed a series of questions, to which I respond in italics below each. • Are we at so saturated a point now with atmospheric carbon and methane, and the climbing global temp, that the long-delaying elite of …
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My friend Cameron Atwood and I were talking about energy policy the other night, and I promised to get back to him about the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and the energy return on investment (EROI) associated with each of …
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Here’s a comment to which I’d like to respond. A reader notes in connection with my post on wind energy: All wind and solar are only good up to a point. When they power flexible demand, they have some benefit. …
Here’s my first and long overdue post on the energy think tank Post Carbon Institute, whose work I think readers will admire. In brief, it’s a group intent on providing an objective analysis on energy resources on this planet, and pointing …
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