With global warming an ever present threat, society is doing its best to reverse the damage and embrace green energy. The solar industry grew by 76 percent last year and more than six percent of America currently runs on wind …
From Guest-Blogger Angie Freeman: Five Reasons Green Energy Results in a Happier Society Read More »
This morning, I was a guest on the radio program “This Green Earth,” which aired on KPCW, the NPR affiliate in Park City, Utah. The two hosts did a fabulous job, and gave me ample opportunity both to rant about …
Nearly every kind of human activity raises the concentration of carbon dioxide and other global warming agents in the atmosphere. The greater the presence of these substances in the air, the more of the sun’s heat that is trapped close …
A reader just sent me an email describing a “new development in energy” – one called … “The MAFG is an electromechanical device that uses a diverse phenomenon known as Angular Momentum that conserves the energy produced during a cycle of compression. …
Water and wastewater treatment plants are a place where water gets cleaned and purified and ready for drinking. Impurities such as chemicals and toxins, solids, and organisms are removed and made safe for everyone to enjoy including wildlife. So who …
My colleague Nate Hagens came across a press release on one on my books today and wrote to me: “Craig: You’ve been busy…. I wrote this (linked below), in case you’re interested. Kindly, Nate” I invite readers who are trying to …
This year is the 200th anniversary of the confirmation of the conservation of energy, marked by the publication of British engineer Peter Ewart’s paper “On the Measure of Moving Force” in 1813. Of course, the consequences of this are enormous. For one, …
Conservation of Energy Sent Science in a New Direction Read More »
It’s the birthday (1632) of the philosopher Baruch Spinoza, whose most important ideas, according to the Writer’s Almanac, were that “everything in the universe is made of a single substance, and that everything in the universe is subject to natural …
Happy Birthday Spinoza, Perhaps History’s Greatest Radical Read More »
I have a few excellent prospects for summer interns in 2014, the latest of whom, a young man from West Virginia, just sent a resume and spoke with me on the phone this morning. Naturally, people wonder what this internship …
Renewable Energy Internships Prove Fairly Popular Read More »
Frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me this very interesting piece (including a very well-made video at the bottom) on harvesting vibrational energy that is currently wasted using piezoelectricity, i.e., the property of some materials that they produce small amounts of …
