What determines who we are, how we think, and how we behave towards others? Why are some people more compassionate, and others more or less indifferent to the needs of other people?
Category: Renewables – Science
People Who Read A Lot of Books Are Way Nicer, Kinder and Empathetic
Tagged with: self-described liberals and conservatives
Cleantech Powers the Developing World
Today’s LEDs are approximately 250 times more efficient (250 times more lumens per Watt) than those that first lighted Broadway in the late 19th Century. This has brought about some marvelous advantages, not only in terms of reduced power consumption, …
Talkin’ ‘Bout Science
I hope readers get the same broad smile from this as I did. Both of my kids, Jake and Valerie, could retire early if I had to pay them each a dollar every time I talked about the autumnal equinox, …
Tagged with: science
When Attacks Come from our Purported Friends
The only complaint that can be made about organic food is that it cannot be produced at prices and quantities such that it can be affordable for a world population soon to hit 10 billion people. Yet people don’t have …
Agricultural Department At Odds with Science and the Peer Review Process
Should the scientists working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, upon completion of the intense process of peer review, be forced to label their reports as “Preliminary?” Won’t this suggest to readers that such reports and the underlying research has …
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“Flooid Power” versus the Laws of Thermodynamics
Here’s Flooid Power, a renewable energy idea based on the claim, “(We use) energy generated by a force that’s not going away anytime soon–the gravity inherent in Earth’s mass. Flooid Power uses displacement and buoyancy to generate affordable, continuous electricity …
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Tagged with: laws of thermodynamics
Sorry, This Is a “No-Retrograde Motion” Zone
Here’s a pithy little something from Evangelical Christian and meteorologist Paul Douglas; it’s his attempt to persuade his fellows to accept the evidence for climate change.
Science Takes One on the Chin
Here’s an exchange that suggests that the U.S. may be losing the battle to keep science alive and functioning as the core of policy-making.
Renewable Energy: Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit
Those wishing to gain a better understanding of Iceland’s unique geography and how it lends itself to the vast amount of geothermal energy just under its surface will be interested in the article linked here. It’s a reminder that the process …
Biomimicry
Here’s a great little story of biomimicry in action, i.e., imitating naturally evolved biological processes to improve the design of solutions that benefit human civilization.
Tagged with: Biomimicry
