Like everyone, I’ve always been impressed with the winners of the Nobel Prize. My favorite personal experience along these lines goes back to my younger days in which I chronicled the Nobel laureates in protein chemistry when I was a …
Category: Renewables – Science
Planetary Wisdom and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Tagged with: Barack Obama, Dalai Lama, Hewlett-Packard, Keystone pipeline, Linus Pauling, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize
Most Scientists Are Modest and Unobtrusive – But Not All
Why is it that scientists generally are quiet and demure, and so seldom even mention the field of politics? Perhaps it’s the very difference between fact and opinion, and scientists’ preference to the former over the latter. In any case, …
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Climate Change — Perhaps We Need a Greater Reverence for Science
Here’s an article that I urge our readers to check out on the apparent slow-down of global warming, a phenomenon predicted by our current climate models but not perfectly understood at this time. Obviously, the climate change deniers are going …
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Clean Energy Fraud Comes At Us Constantly
Here’s a conversation I just had with a reader – one that I have in various forms at the rate of several per month. Reader: Have you seen this yet? That’s why we need to get EVs in everyone’s hands. …
How the Laws of Thermodynamics Apply to Renewables – A Smile for Your Saturday
For those who may be trying to understand the principles of thermodynamics as they apply to renewable energy – but who may not wish to take the subject too seriously, here is the British comedy duo of yesteryear, Flanders & …
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Tagged with: Thermodynamics
NASA’s Exploration of Mars
Dr. John Grotzinger, a friend from high school, has become the spokesperson for NASA’s exploration of Mars. Here’s an article he wrote in a recent issue of National Geographic that I thought readers would enjoy. The relevance to 2GreenEnergy? I …
Chemist Jenny Du — Entering the Field of Renewable Energy
I just had a conversation with a Ph.D. chemist, Jenny Du, a friend of a friend, and a terrific young person with a hankering to ply her trade in the field of renewable energy. What trade is that, exactly? Well, …
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Renewable Energy Infographic
I’m always on the lookout for good infographics on renewable energy. I just came across the one I linked above, but it’s flawed for several reasons: • It treats as separate items things like “hydro” and “biomass” (sources of energy) with …
Kari Yates and Her Infographic on Renewable Energy
Kari Yates just sent me this really good infographic on renewable energy that I thought I’d share. Fabulous concepts. I especially like the section on “what government can do.” From your lips to God’s ears, as they say.
YouTube Channel Boasts Captivating Video on Science
I know many readers share my excitement about the physics behind clean energy, and appreciate the opportunity to learn more at every available opportunity. To that end, let me share with you a YouTube channel that I know you’ll enjoy. …
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