Speaking about climate change mitigation and other efforts to achieve some level of environmental responsibility, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes, “I would guess that the election of Trump set the world back ~6 years, assuming we get rid of …
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Last week, I knocked out the marketing section of an extremely comprehensive business plan for a company in the bio jet-fuel space, and what a terrific experience it was. I’m really not a biochemistry guy, so I needed a bit …
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Of the many ways to invalidate a scientific claim, by far the best and fastest is to show that it violates the laws of physics. Here’s a concept for offshore wind turbines that claims to be three times more efficient …
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When we see the name “Tesla” in the world today, we normally think of the car, rather than the man for which it’s named. Here’s a short but interesting biography of Nicola Tesla, the Serbian-born electrical engineering genius.
Here’s an article that examines the consequences, both intended and unintended, that would result from switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy, i.e., how a mass deployment of renewable technology might affect the surrounding climate.
From the American Energy Society: “Capacity” – perhaps the most misused term in energy. On average, wind farms have a capacity factor of about 34%; meaning they work about a third of the time.
As I’ve lamented over the years, very few of the ideas that come through my inbox are workable. Most contemplate accomplishing a task, say, generating electricity, in a way that clearly couldn’t be cost-effective. Approximately once a month, however, I …
Here’s an article on decarbonizing our atmosphere. The author has identified the central issue here, i.e., it’s all about cost. There are lots of things we can do to reduce the carbon footprint of the energy we generate and consume, …
Personal safety is one of the most powerful motivators for people everywhere. It’s what fuels our self-preservation behavior and our mental imperative to retain sharp memories of safety-threatening experiences. It’s also what drives our constant efforts to find better ways …
While Nikola Tesla was widely perceived as an eccentric with a phobia of germs who in his later years claimed he communicated telepathically with pigeons, he was also a visionary genius behind an electric motor, polyphase alternating current, the remote …
