I wouldn’t say that the burden of proof lies on religion. No one knows how the universe got here. The Big Bang was an event in which there was no chaos, no “entropy,” as we say in thermodynamics. How did …
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The “Science of Sustainability”
The idea at left isn’t a bad one, but there are a number of complexities at play here. Renewable energy in all its forms is rooted in the idea of transforming some kind of energy into electricity. This cannot be …
Thermodynamics
The folks who created the meme at left think we don’t know too much about science. The video below is a great diversion for people who want an enchanting and humous look at the subject of thermodynamics.
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Quick Post on the Second Law of Thermodynamics
I had a physics professor in college who told our class, “When most people go to Germany they tend to take river cruises and drink white wine. Physicists visit Boltzmann’s grave.” I hadn’t thought about this statement in a very …
Violations of the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics
Here’s a guy selling a perpetual motion machine (see photo at left) that I’ve seen frequently on social media. For the life of me, I can’t understand why this fraudster isn’t in prison.
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Iowa Farmers See Climate Change, Doubt It’s Human-Caused
Well, I’ve always said, if you want a comprehensive scientific analysis of something based on Newtonian mechanics, particle physics, thermodynamics, and inorganic chemistry, ask a guy with a high school education who grows wheat. I know how mean and condescending …
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For People Who Doubt that Thermodynamics Can Make Them Smile
From someone hitting the “contact” button at 2GreenEnergy just now: I am contacting you on behalf of an US.-based startup company that has a machine/technology capable of extracting atmospheric heat and converting that into electricity.
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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New Compressed Air Energy Storage Plant Coming to California
It appears that planet Earth is on its way to its third implementation of CAES (compressed air energy storage) – one of a handful of different technologies that warehouses off-peak energy production and makes it available for times of greater …
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How the Laws of Thermodynamics Apply to Renewables – A Smile for Your Saturday
For those who may be trying to understand the principles of thermodynamics as they apply to renewable energy – but who may not wish to take the subject too seriously, here is the British comedy duo of yesteryear, Flanders & …
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