I get occasional emails from professional engineers telling me that I’m harming our site’s credibility by suggesting that cold fusion is legitimate science. Here’s a fellow who’s not too sanguine on the subject: Cold fusion has yet to be lifted …
Category: Renewables – Science
Cold Fusion / Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions: Do Discussions of “Fringe” Science Harm Our Credibility?
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy (and Global Warming Remedy). Today’s Topic: The World’s Total Energy Consumption
Question: What is the world’s total energy consumption, in Watts? Answer: Can be found HERE. Relevance: 80% of the Earth’s energy (the total you see on the Answers page) is generated by burning hydrocarbons – a process that’s clearly unsustainable. …
2GreenEnergy Video Report: What Forms of Energy Really are Clean?
In this installment of the 2GreenEnergy Video Report, George Alger asks some very good, basic questions: What forms of energy really are clean? What about clean coal? Nuclear? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFz64KmxO4o?rel=0&w=480&h=390]
Interview on Renewable Energy — Radio Show “Brainstormin’ with Billy the Brain”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgVTm1VUhqg&w=425&h=344] I was pleased to be a guest on the hot radio show “Brainstormin’ with Billy the Brain.” Here’s a 19-minute interview on which the host really did ask some tough questions.
[The Vector] Green Technology Offered in New College Program
Looking to future career and job training in green technology, a new Associate of Arts degree starts this spring in an area reinventing itself for the future – Toledo. “Green technology is becoming more and more important in our energy-driven society. …
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Global Warming
When we discuss global warming here, we (predictably) get a range of reactions, including the comments of the deniers, like this one: NASA has stated that ALL the planets in our solar system are heating up. I would say that …
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, global warming, green energy, Renewable Energy, solar energy, solar panels, solar power
Cold Fusion / Warm Fusion
I just got off the phone with an associate of Dr. George Miley, distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, recipient of the prestigious Edward Teller Medal from the American Nuclear Society and the …
Tagged with: Cold Fusion / Warm Fusion
Global Warming and the World Food Supply
I’ve had the pleasure of speaking several times with Mario Gottfried, inventor, visionary, and all-around cool guy at his home in Mexico. In response to my recent piece on global warming, he writes: I was asked to predict the effects …
Tagged with: Global Warming and World Food Supply
Derailing the Energy Discussion with Meaningless Facts
A well-meaning reader quotes some figures from energy industry author Robert Bryce: Nuclear 300 hp/acre Nat gas 288 hp/acre Solar 36 hp/acre Wind 6.4 hp/acre Corn ethanol 1/4 hp/acre From what I’ve seen, Bryce appears to have made his fortune …
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Global Warming — A Quick Overview
When people ask me to explain my position on global warming, I normally assert what I’ve learned from the interviews I’ve conducted, while politely acknowledging that I’m not an expert on the subject. I also point out that the specifics …
