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 »
A gentleman from Columbia writes: I was referred to you by Mr Gustavo Rojas from AFD Colombia….CENTRAL ELECTRICA will be the first utility-scale power plant implementing the groundbreaking ECS-SOLAR technology (solar with mechanical induction). With a total of 19.9-megawatts of …
On the phone just now, I learned that these folks are trying to get a patent for what they claim to be a unique catalyst that electrolyzes steam, the heat for which uses only 12% of the hydrogen they produce, powering …
More Skepticism Re: Theoretically Impossible Energy-Related Inventions Read More »
Earlier today I wrote a post called “Prediction: Our Culture Will Eventually Reconnect with Science.” Just now, however, I came across this new bill working its way through the U.S. Congress that would prohibit scientists with subject matter expertise from …
Will Our Culture Reconnect with Science? It’s Certainly Not a Sure Bet Read More »
I just received an email that began: I have a hunch that carbon can be removed from the atmosphere by biology. But the devil is in the details and it is really hard work to figure out what a given …
Sequestering Carbon Dioxide–Essential to Mitigating Climate Change Read More »
From someone who found me online just now: We propose our “Vapor Drive” Generator with these features: Patented Novel design of 25-50KW Generator- FEATURES: No Fossil fuel, No Emissions, Quiet -Operating expense $20/Month, Size of a 20Cu Ft Refrigerator designed …
