The concept discussed in this video is funny, IMO, as it combines a good idea (highly efficient lighting powered by a renewable resource) and a gross misunderstanding of basic science. There is no energy in gravity; the energy lighting the lamp …
Category: Renewables – Science
A Bit of Renewable Energy Rancor
An angry gentleman from Australia posted this story, explaining how “solar and wind don’t work.” Insofar as this claim is so outrageous, I succumbed to temptation and got a tad sarcastic:
Learning from George Orwell on His Birthday
My mom and I read The Writer’s Almanac every morning, and I’m sure that, when she sat down at her computer this morning and found that it’s the birthday of George Orwell, she must have thought: “Oh boy. I wonder …
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Doing a Little Doublethinking on a Sunday Morning
Those of you hip people who subscribe to the “Word of the Day” on Dictionary.com saw that today’s word is “doublethink,” meaning the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time. This, of course, is reminiscent of what F. …
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Tagged with: matters of science
Understanding the Merits of Renewable Energy as Civilization Edges Closer to a Precipice
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty wrote the following to a commenter who challenged the validity of renewable energy from a financial perspective and referred to those of us who are concerned about climate change as “alarmists.” It’s so solid and …
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Are Environmentalists Arrogant? Fanatical?
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: People should be entitled to express their opinions (humbly or otherwise), without being afraid of ridicule and abuse from arrogant eco-fanatics. Well, first, you may want to rethink your position that environmentalists are “arrogant eco-fanatics.” What’s …
From Guest Blogger Dixie Somers: How Scientists Are Reducing Environmental Waste
Scientists and the public have come a long way in terms of protecting the environment, and scientists continue to search for ways to make our existence on this planet more green every day. But what exactly are they doing? What …
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An Exercise in Alternative Science
There seems to be some sort of detente between religion and science at this point in Western Civilization, largely brought on by the arrival of Pope Francis on the scene, with his high-impact humanism, one that borders on the secular.
Tagged with: alternative science, carbon dating, Pope Francis, religion and science, Trump's cabinet
We Don’t Have “Opinions” About Science
Nikita writes: Just read your blog; you are writing about things I never thought about. What is your opinion about this invention? It’s a scam. It violates the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics. Think about it: this produces energy out of nothing? That doesn’t make sense to you, does it?
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Good Reason To Remember Johns Hopkins on His 222nd Birthday
When I learned that today was the birthday of Johns Hopkins and began to peruse his biography, I thought I’d be reading about the life of a man extraordinarily devoted to medicine. As it turns out, he was a businessman, …
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