Climeworks builds facilities that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. They claim that the one pictured here, called Mammoth, which resides in Hellisheiði, Iceland, will filter 36,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air per year. Questions: Where does the …
Category: Renewables – Science
A Comment on “Real Science”
Re: the meme here, a reader notes: Modern science is religion. If you know what the scientific method entails and how the method is used, you will be able to call out the scammers. Since the 30s science has died. …
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More on Craig’s Recent “Take a Cool Guess” Post
Reader Drew Douthit adds this clarification to my post on the drawing here: “Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Basic Physics” It all depends on vehicle speed…. okay! For 165lbs diver it’s …
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Where Atheists Come From
I don’t believe this claim about the cause of atheism. True, hypocritical Christians are a huge turn-off to most of the world’s population; this has been the case for centuries. But most atheists make their choices based on their perception …
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Science as the Solution to Our Problems
In response to what Neil deGrasse Tyson says here, all I can say is, “I hope so, but I don’t see too much evidence that this is where we’re going.” How much science and other forms of clear-headedness are we …
Physics and Philosophy
People have been talking about this subject ever since theoretical physics became a thing around the turn of the 20th Century, and, simultaneously, we had the onset of the “philosophy of science.” IMO, there are no distinct answers here, other …
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Physics Is Very Unlikely to Achieve a Complete Understanding of the Universe
It’s true that the physicists of the later 19th Century believed that they had discovered all the major, basic principles that govern the universe. Then, of course, came Einstein, followed by the quantum physicists and all the theoretical stuff that …
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Jesus and America
The author of the meme at left makes a point we’ve covered here numerous times. There is no reason to think that God/Jesus favors, or should favor, the U.S. over the other countries on Earth. Calling this “theological heresy,” on …
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The Sources of Misinformation Are Endless
Does getting hit in the head disqualify Aaron Rodgers as a source of medial information, or is it simply the fact that he has no scientific/medical training?
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Theology and Reason
I hope there are theologians with better ideas on free thinking, common sense, and rationality than this fellow at the Assembly of GOD and this particular Methodist Church. Making decisions on one’s own re: what to think and how to …
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