Can 60 minutes on this bicycle power your home for a day? Let’s think about that for a moment. Let’s assume the guy in the pic here is a trained Olympic athlete and can generate 350 Watts. Thus in 60 …
Category: Renewables – Science
PHYS.ORG Respected By Most, But Certainly Not All
This piece on rising sea levels whose cover art is shown at left is published by Phys.org, part of Science X which “is a leading web-based science, research and technology news service which covers a full range of topics.
Science in Peril
Today is the 40th anniversary of the convening of a panel of scientists that declared the smallpox virus to be eradicated, the only disease ever to be driven to extinction through human efforts.
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Sun’s Volumetric Power Density
From a reader: I need the energy produced per cubic meter for the entire sun and not just the core. First, you mean power, not energy. A meaningful number would be the amount of energy in a given unit of time. I …
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Tennessee Legislator: Ridding U.S. of Higher Education To “End Liberal Breeding Ground”
Meet Kerry Roberts, and let say that I like his style. Keeping people ignorant of history, math, science, and all the rest of that liberal garbage is a sure way to Make America Great Again.
The “OMG” Kind of TechnoFraud
As you look at the video here, ask yourself: How is it possible that “Andy” isn’t in prison for fraud? If the Justice Department wants to shoot fish in a barrel, isn’t this the perfect barrel? I’m not an attorney, …
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Artist to 11,000 Scientists: “Wake Up!”
The meme here is from a reader who sees fit to challenge the findings of the climate science community, and suggests that it is obviously variations in solar irradiance that govern the Earth’s climate. (She was a fine arts major …
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As a TechnoFraud, This Guy Gets a B-
Here’s a story about Stanley Meyers’ water injector. “Stan advanced this technology all the way to water injectors which could convert any car to run on just water. Unfortunately the same day the multi million dollar contract was signed to start …
The Market for Idiocy
In response to my piece on Michele Bachmann and Trump’s moral clarity, a reader notes, “Michele Bachmann is an idiot!” I would put it differently: she realizes that there is a market for idiocy, and she’s filling that unmet need. …
Technofraud
If you’re feeling kind of low and looking for the kind of pick-me-up that only a good piece of technofraud can offer, let me present Genesys. It’s a solar “amplifier” that powers your house with one 200-Watt solar panel, while …
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