In a recent post, I wrote that the opinion of the woman at left has troubled me since I was three years old. It’s worth noting that the history of religion and the study of theology take a completely different …
Category: Renewables – Science
You Can’t Access God with Reason?
At left is what has troubled me about the belief in God since I was three years old. I asked my mother, “How did all this stuff get here,” and she replied, “God made it.” When I asked in response, …
The Battle for Our Children’s Health
It’s good to know that the medical community is putting up a fight against the anti-science crackpots in the Trump administration.
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What’s Going on Here?
The gorgeous meme at left poses an interesting question: Are things getting worse, or simply more overt? Well, let’s compare today’s world with the one we lived in 50 years ago. In 1975, with Gerald Ford at the helm, how …
Tagged with: Rejection of basic science
Australia’s Solar Train
Let’s do some math and physics associated with the claim made here. The typical passenger train requires about 5 megawatts. If the average efficiency of solar PV is 25%, and its capacity factor is also 25%, and the solar irradiance …
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America CAN Make Progress
The quote at left comes from former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. While I don’t disagree, it would be possible to bifurcate this into separate pieces. Piece #1: Get rid of Trump, and to whatever degree possible, everything he represents: …
Is College a Good “Investment”?
We need to start by defining the word “investment.” In the strict sense of dollars in versus dollars out, the subject can be debated; there are plenty of wealthy people who made their money without degrees. On the other hand, …
Elementary School Science
In fourth grade, at age 9, we learned how eclipses work, and why the garbage at left is impossible. How sad that, a generation or two later, we live among morons. As a clever reader notes: This world couldn’t get …
EPA Dismantles Its Scientific Research Arm
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be reorganizing, eliminating its scientific division, known as the Office of Research and Development, a move that will affect the career paths of many hundreds of its scientists. This seems to follow the trend towards …
How Is This Making America Healthy Again?
Well, if you’re a full-on QAnon nut-job, the answer is obvious: everything you’re told by our scientists is a hoax designed to make you sick, destroy American capitalism, whatever. Conversely, anything that comes from the Trump administration is necessarily the …
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