Here’s something I just wrote to a friend who praised Michael Moore’s new documentary, Planet of the Humans. As the author of four books on renewable energy (and 9000+ blog posts on cleantech more generally), let me weigh in. The …
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The U.S. now has the world’s highest number of deaths from Covid-19, with at least 25,000 losing their lives to the virus as of this moment (Tuesday afternoon, April 14, 2020). Why is this? Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The …
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Here’s a great article with an extremely meaningful graphic, analyzing each of our sources of energy in terms of where and how it’s used and how much of it is wasted along the way. Fossil fuels, of course, are inherently …
Trump has done everything in his power to eliminate fact, reason, and truth from policy-making in the U.S. federal government. Most of these 1600 former government scientists either quit or were fired, though a few were transferred to positions having …
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Those looking for a few seconds of entertainment (?) can watch this GIF of the impact of a cat and a soccer ball, and then check out the conservation on the subject between legendary environmentalist Paul Scott (Plug-In-America co-founder) and …
It’s the birthday of French mathematician, scientist and philosopher, a true badass of Western thought, Rene Descartes, most famous for his line, “I think therefore I am.”
A reader sent me this piece on the Hobby Lobby, and added, “Christians for Satan.” Now that’s funny. What isn’t funny, of course, is how decidedly unChristian these people are.
A reader, “Maria,” and I are having a conversation that may be of interest. Maria: The US fatality rate for Covid-19 is less than 1% — it’s 0.7 – 0.8%. Precautions? Yes, by all means! Beyond that we have to …
A reader sent me the photo here and asked me to do the basic physics (no calculus) associated with what will happen to the (idiot) kid at right. The first thing to do is estimate the mass of the cylindrical …
Here’s a wonderful video on the so-called “war on science,” featuring, among other things, the Flat Earth Society, which drew a record 650 participants to its fourth annual conference. For grins, I caught a few minutes of the lectures on …
