As GreenTechMedia reports, carbon capture and sequestration is a subject of growing interest. There are two main classes of ideas surrounding CCS: those that address point sources of CO2, e.g., concrete manufacturing facilities and fossil fuel power plants, and those that …
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A Little of Honesty Helps Us Understand the Quality of Life in California
Evidently, a recently conducted survey found that California offers the worst quality of life in all 50 states. Of course, this is all over Fox News, as its viewers are dying for corroboration that liberals are suffering terribly, by means of their …
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Trump’s War on Science Is One of the Few Predictable Elements of His Presidency
In our ongoing quest to make sense of the utterly inane goings on in U.S. politics today, it could be said that there are two vast categories of events unfolding every day: the unpredictable and the all-too-predictable.
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ARPA-E February Newsletter: Energy Secretary Perry to Keynote ARPA-E Summit
I like to attend the annual ARPA-E summit (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) summit every year; I’ve made many excellent contacts there through the years, and I’m always enthralled by the exhibits. Having said that, I’m sure I’m not alone in …
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How We Think
If it weren’t for all the senseless tragedy involved, the gun death epidemic in the U.S. would be a fascinating study of how we’ve simply lost out ability to think, or, more precisely, how our beliefs about our thought processes are …
LED Product Is Great, But Let’s Understand the Science
Here’s a fantastic product that is quickly replacing the kerosene lamps that denizens of third-world countries are using for reading lights. It’s an LED lamp that’s powered the same way as a grandfather clock, i.e., with the chemical energy in the …
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Environmentalists Don’t Know When To Cheer
Obviously, our country and the world as a whole would be better off if honest and well qualified people were appointed to key cabinet posts. But the converse isn’t always true, i.e., it seems that there are occasions in which …
Skeptical About New Energy Technology
Here’s an article that begins: A new type of ultra-efficient engine has been attracting the attention of several big-name investors.
Is “Mother Nature” a Real Thing?
One commenter here ridicules another: “Does ‘Mother Nature’ have an email address? I’ve Googled but can’t seem to find her.” Here’s my personal take on this, FWIW. The scientist in me understands the fallacy of assigning human characteristics to non-human …
Americans’ Perverse Attitudes Toward Immigration
News flash, Dr. Tyson: Tragically, we simply don’t care. Our xenophobia and love of scapegoating is far more powerful than your logic.
