Why Wind & Solar Power Options Fall Short of Viability In seeming defiance of the second law of thermodynamics, living organisms on Earth actually organize energy. More specifically, they concentrate energy and leave it in a concentrated form after they have died. Of course, this is not an abrogation of the second law or anything…
Dialogue on Two World Systems Being a parody on Galileo’s book of similar title. Chapter 3: The Wreck of the Old 97 Premise: Our disputants, one McMannus and another, Lintzenius, are arguing the case of human induced, catastrophic global warming. As we open our scene, Lintzenius has just opined that there is serious doubt about…
High School Physics! What person, other than those who go into science, engineering or medicine EVER uses it? What average 35-yr-old can explain to you the equation for the force of an impact – probably the most basic of physics equations; or acceleration; or something so mundanely ordinary as gravity. And I don’t mean being…
The Age of Petroleum is in its infancy In 1973, and again in 1979, the world was subject to ‘energy crises’ as they were termed at the time. Many readers are too young but those of us who were around recall sitting in long lines in the cold of winter (1973) or the blistering heat…
The American political campaign is in full swing leading up to the next Presidential Election, so I have been forced to go political, although my framework is still the Earth. I am compelled to take up pen (keyboard) and state the positions herein because, for the past two decades or longer I have watched with…
The Corpse of the Corp.
Well it is certainly a busy time for a blogging Earth scientist with a mission to explore human (mis)understanding of the Earth and its systems. In addition to the current desire to put the general interests of the global public weal dead last in the struggle for existence, with protective preference provided to just about…
There’s a single-minded fascination with glaciers. A sort of atavistic, prickling-behind-the-neck connection people seem to have with the ice ages. In Europeans, it seems to be more a vestigial connection – a sort of cultural memory. Perhaps it’s why the western populace is so consumed with the idea of global warming and the loss of…
