Here’s a brilliant article that discusses and compares different ways of measuring energy consumption. If I say I generated a gigawatt-hour of energy, does that mean the amount I sent to the consumer? If so, and that energy came from …
Category: Renewables – Science
Looking at the World of Energy and the Environment Differently
The paradigms that govern our explorations in science function as both flashlights and blinders. They help us to peer into previously dark areas that are most likely to yield results, but they prevent us from looking in new directions. That’s …
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From Guest Blogger Paula Sheamus: Clean Energy Revolution
In recent years, the world has been desperately calling for a change in the way we use nature to make our lives better, feed, work, travel and generate energy. A lot of people took up the idea of green living, …
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From Guest Blogger Jona: Will Technology Yield The Golden Age of Environmental Science?
Everyone is towards being the leader on everything. Talk about globalization, every country wants to take the lead and become the leading country. Because of this, workforce and industrialization are set on fire with no reasons to hold back, and …
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Levelized Cost of Energy from Renewables Is Coming Very Close To That of Fossil Fuels
According to the Writer’s Almanac, it is the birthday of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Hofstadter (pictured), best known for his research on the nucleus of the atom. While he was studying at City College of New York, Hofstadter wanted to …
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Exploring Europe’s Cutting-Edge Developments in Renewable Energy
Over the last few months, I’ve been speaking with Olivier Goavec, a bright young French engineering student. He’s currently living in Alkmaar, just south of Amsterdam in The Netherlands, which I mention only so I can link to photography that …
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Tagged with: French-American Electric Vehicle Technology Forum a few years ago, Germany’s levels of feed-in tariffs provide proper incentive. Europeans’ and Americans’ perception of the climate change, public/private partnerships France electric transportation, variable renewable sources stabilizing grids
Solar Wind Energy Tower — Sorry, This Can’t Be Feasible
Frequent commenter Brian McGowan comments on my post on the Solar Wind Energy Tower (pictured top) , “I don’t know how feasible it is but I can tell you I have a Popular Science magazine from the early ’70s somewhere …
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Francis Bacon, Scientific Method, and the Future of Humankind
Many people speculate on the future of humankind. Will we develop technology in time to avert the disasters we’re causing to our environment? Do we possess the decency and sanity necessary to channel all this technology in a productive direction, …
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Friendship, Trust, and New Concepts in Clean Energy
Here’s an interesting piece a friend sent me on gaining people’s trust, a key ingredient in which is letting people express themselves, and accepting what they say about themselves and their ideas without judgment. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work too well …
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No Sources of Renewable Energy Are To Be Found in Force Fields
I just sent an email to a young man who claims to have discovered and harnessed a new form of energy here on Earth. Of course, I’m skeptical, but he’s a terrific fellow and I’m willing to sign a non-disclosure …
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