Category: Renewables – Science

Many years ago I donated 90% or so of my neckties to charity as I almost never wear  one anymore.  But I’m glad I didn’t get rid of them all, as here I had a rare opportunity a couple of …

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A fine young man, Rudy Chavarilla, called me this morning from American Amp and interviewed me for about half an hour. We recorded a show on the subject: What college should students do vis-à-vis sustainability that will be distributed to over …

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xs0yyzK_ts] Here’s last month’s webinar, in which I interview Jim Holbery, Ph.D., CEO and founder of GridMobility.  It’s a 60-minute discussion on how electricity is generated, and how consumers can stipulate their preference for renewable energy. This, of course, …

How “Green” Is Your Electricity? Read More »

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Don’t we all feel our hearts warmed when we realize that a friend “has our back?” Frankly, I don’t particularly feel that my back needs protecting, but I did write recently: A radio talk-show host reviewed my book the other …

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A radio talk-show host reviewed my book the other day with an eye toward having me on his show.  He wrote back just now: … I found it to be interesting, though I should tell you I’m one of the …

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I got through the first half of Ian McEwan’s masterpiece “Solar” on the plane ride home from the East Coast this afternoon.  For my money, he’s one of the top two or three living authors of fiction – and here, of …

Ian McEwan’s “Solar” Tackles Global Climate Change and Renewable Energy Read More »

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I’m back in Washington D.C. today, principally to attend a small conference. Nate Hagens, authority on global resource depletion, has invited me to listen to his presentation on the subject, aimed at NGOs. Nate has granted me an interview for …

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A reader asks: Hi, I did a quick search on your website for zero point energy and didn’t find anything. I’ve been hearing some seemingly unrealistic claims. Have you had any exposure to this technology / pseudo-technology? …. to which …

Does Zero Point Energy Offer a Practical Value? Read More »

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I hope you can make this month’s webinar, in which we’ll be covering a terrific new idea that could make a real difference in the integration of renewables onto the grid-mix. Electrons, of course, have no color, nor do they …

Want to Use More Renewable Energy? See This Month’s Webinar Read More »

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I’m trying to come fully up to speed on a few of the areas of chemistry and physics that are most germane to renewable energy and electric transportation. Though I studied all this stuff at a certain level when I …

Thermodynamics Important in Understanding Key Clean Energy Technologies Read More »

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