A reader sent me a plan to turn low-skilled people into electricity generating machines, claiming that employees could be paid a reasonable wage. But his math is wrong. A human being produces about 80 Watts with his muscles, e.g., bicycling. …
Category: Renewables – Science
Infographic: The Pros and Cons of Renewable Energy
Whenever I speak on renewable energy, I’m careful to leave my audience with a sense of the “tough realities.” We all want simple answers to our questions, but in the case of clean energy, none exist. There are dozens of …
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Not a Good Time To Have Leaders with No Background in Science
I wrote a piece recently questioning the wisdom of our leaders’ ignorance and abandonment of basic science. I could have chosen from a few of the presidential candidates, but I happened to single out Rick Perry, who hung onto his …
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Documentary on the Migration to Renewable Energy
Earlier today I watched this wonderful documentary, “Patent for a Pig,” outlining Monsanto Corporation’s plans to genetically modify each of the major food items, and patent the modification, enabling them to control essentially all the food on the planet, “from …
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Energy Business Ideas that Violate the Laws of Physics
It’s the birthday of Isaac Newton, whose book “Principia” overturned nearly everything humankind had believed about the universe up to that point (1686). I bring this up to note that perhaps we should not be so smug about “the laws …
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Energy Infographics Put Renewables Into Perspective
My team and I are working hard to develop a series of infographics that introduce relative newcomers to the subject of energy — and renewables in particular. I had fun with the first one, which looked at the history of …
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Your Thoughts on Energy Infographics
My team at 2GreenEnergy and I are having fun with these infographics on energy, and I think they serve a useful purpose in presenting a few of the basics on the subject of clean energy at a high level – …
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Global Climate Change — Great Video
At the rate of a few times a week I’m asked about global climate change, and I provide a brief summary, including the concept: This is complicated. No one knows exactly how changes in the constitution of our atmosphere will …
Banner Day For All Those Into the Exploration of Space
Good news for those of us hoping to find life elsewhere in the universe: today’s announcement of the discovery of Kepler 22b. It’s 600 light-years from here – too far to walk – but it has remarkably similar characteristics to …
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Infographic – All Forms of Energy on Earth Came from the Big Bang
As a part of our ongoing quest to produce “infographics” that lay out the basics of energy, I invite you to check out the chart here, presenting the notion that all the energy we harness and use here on Earth …
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