Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil leak
I forgot to post the link, or one link, where people are speculating what is going on at the ocean floor and well head. Some of the comments are certainly on the fringe. We may not know what really...
View ArticleTEDxOilSpill
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) had a gathering on the oil spill - TEDxOilSpill. Here are the speakers - not exactly a plethora of problem solvers (Livestream of the event).
View ArticleScience Deficit Disorder (SDD) writ large
Politicians and lawyers seem to suffer from extreme cases of SDD. But many politicians are lawyers so in a Venn diagram, there would be a significant intersection of the two groups. In this case it is...
View Article2010 hottest year ever?
News media has been reporting 2010 as being the hottest year ever. After skeptics pointed out the problem of fudged data by IPCC, and specifically work done at the University of East Anglia, more and...
View ArticleThe crisis in Japan
Japan got hit with a double whammy which created a third crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. This has been all over the news but several things struck me.
View ArticleEthanol causes food shortage! (Wrong!)
Busting another myth. Maybe some of those talking heads read this blog. Ever since I showed how ethanol does NOT cause food prices to rise, or at least not significantly, the talking heads are saying...
View ArticleNew EPA Coal Standards – Mercury cited as the worst
EPA estimates the new rules will cost 10 billion annually. Note that is THEIR number and NOT the coal industry. This means electricity costs will go up for a significant part of the population. No...
View ArticleRIP 100 watt incandescent bulb
As of today, 1 Jan 2012, it is the end of retail sales of the 100 Watt incandescent light bulbs. Current inventory can be sold but no new bulbs will be available in the wholesale market. Congress...
View ArticleInvest in U.S. energy?
While this administration does everything to stop fossil fuels in the U.S., especially fracking, a China oil company invests $2.5 billion and a French company invests $2.3 billion in U.S. energy...
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