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.
Category: Renewables – Science
Generation Capacity
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.
Those Darn Laws of Physics Again
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 …
Agroforestry
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, …
Tagged with: decarbonizing our atmosphere
From Guest Blogger Tanya Meyer: How Increasing Alternative Energy Production Affects the Valve Manufacturing Industry
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 …
From Guest Blogger Will Sandford: The Secret Behind a Brilliant Mind – Tesla’s Renewable Energy Projects
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 …
Concept in Renewable Energy
Here’s a concept in renewable energy that a reader submitted, to which I wrote: Here’s the problem you’re going to run into: the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
Philosophy Isn’t What It Used To Be
The meme here is funny, but, news flash: Very few Americans could even tell you who Heiddeger was; let alone what he meant. I had to add his name to my dictionary just now. Having said that, this gives me …
Tagged with: particle physicists
U.S. Falls in Latest Ranking in Math, Reading, and Science: What This Means
I could have told you that the content of the chart below wasn’t good, but I couldn’t have told you why, until I read this, from Glenn Doty:
Tagged with: sustainability
White House “Rejects” Study on Immigrants’ Value
From the New York Times: Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and …
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