Here’s a 10-second clip featuring “Bill Nye the Science Guy.”
Category: Renewables – Science
“Breakthrough” in Solar PV Is Bogus
Have you noticed that some of your friends on Facebook lack skills in basic math and science? Here’s a post I just saw on a new solar energy device that claims to generate 20 times more electricity than flat PV …
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From Guest Blogger Eileen O’Shanessy: Pest Products that are Safe to Use Around the House
Insects and animals that move into your home can do some serious damage to the structure and spread or exacerbate diseases. Yet many of the products designed to remove existing pests and deter new ones from entering your home pose …
Attack on Science
For those wishing to understand the current status of the war that the U.S. congress is waging against science, I heartily recommend this piece from The New Yorker. Warning: This is really Orwellian. Lamar Smith, the Texas congressman who chairs …
Asinine Claims About Energy and Jurisprudence
Here’s a video I just saw on Facebook providing a completely fraudulent concept in energy. Apparently, the guy who posted it believes that: • Energy comes from nowhere, and
Respect for Science
Here’s a T-shirt that communicates an important message. Of course, one might think that the message is so obvious and irrefutable to 99% of the world’s people that it does not need to be communicated. But those living outside the …
Random People on Facebook Offer “Facts” on the Environment; Believe Them At Your Peril
I’m always amused when people on Facebook throw out “facts” that have no basis in reality. Where do they get the idea that they can make things up and people will believe them unquestioningly? I mean, it’s not like one …
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Happy Birthday to a Great Chemist (Or Should I Say Physicist?)
It’s the birthday of Ernest Rutherford, best known for presenting us with the first model of the atom that included electrons spinning around a tiny but relatively high-mass nucleus of the opposite charge. He won a Nobel Prize in chemistry …
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2GreenEnergy Tutoring
I may not have mentioned that I act as a tutor for kids in the local schools and colleges; here’s my flier on the subject. I bring this up because I just got this LinkedIn invitation from a fellow (pictured) …
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Scientific American: The Very Name Carries a Significant Level of Optimism
Today is the 171st anniversary of the first publication of “Scientific American.” The very name of the magazine is hopeful, when you think about it. It’s always been a good time to encourage Americans to be scientific in thinking and behavior. …
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