A fellow from somewhere in the Middle East claims to have a new technology for water desalination, and I requested something that explains the science. Even though he writes at considerable length, his English is not sufficiently strong to permit …
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On my piece: “Good Ideas in Clean Energy Are Actually Quite Rare,” longtime 2GreenEnergy supporter “BreathOnTheWind” notes: We seem to expect renewable resources to be a plug and play replacement for fossil fuels. On the contrary, renewable energy gathers energy …
A reporter asks: I´m traveling to California´s Central Valley soon for a story on the drought there. I would very much like to hear from anyone who´s seriously affected by the drought, perhaps especially farmers who might now have to change …
From the Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1633 that Galileo Galilei was put on trial by the Inquisition, for supporting the theory that the Earth revolves around the sun. In late April 1633, Galileo agreed to plead …
A reader offers this message and video linked here: I am using the same water again and again. my technology water is flowing not falling, tail discharge is used again and again. All independent turbine-generators erected in series are rotated …
I hope readers here check out the comments as well as the posts themselves; there really are some good ones. Frequent commenter “MarcoPolo” has some pretty right-wing/libertarian beliefs, and, as I’ve told him, “We just need to “agree to disagree” …
Taking Good Ideas In Cleantech Forward: One Can’t Please Everyone Read More »
In response to my recent piece: In Terms of News and Ideas, Most Americans Live on a Bizarre Little Island, my colleague Bob Huff writes: You’re preaching to the choir. I couldn’t agree more. US news is just one new distraction …
Offering Concepts in Sustainable Energy Here Is, In Fact, Preaching to the Choir Read More »
On average, I spend a few hours a month helping young people, from grade-schoolers to master’s candidates, on the papers they’re writing by proving my viewpoints on renewable energy. Here’s a typical example: Mr. Shields: I’m …. a senior at …
Here’s another thought on the Keystone pipeline (and similar projects in the past and future), though I’m sure I’m not the first to express it. Let’s try to project what an advanced extra-terrestrial would think of the job that humankind …
I’m extremely lucky to have a mother who remains quite active both mentally and physically, with whom I can have fun little conversations on subjects that few other people would possibly care a whit about, like the dictionary.com “word of …
The Development of Useless Words and Technologies: How Silly Is It Really? Read More »
