Tag Archives: energy-ish

MIT On Climate Change

Posted on June 28, 2019 by

Every year MIT has a Technology Day on its alumni reunion weekend where faculty discuss what they’re working on.   These are consistently interesting, and I’ve written about them before: The Oceans Are Dissolved Information and Print Your House and … Continue reading →

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Warming Harms the US More Than the Northeast

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

I’ve been looking at the recently released Fourth National Climate Assessment, the US government’s considered opinion on what climate change will do to the country.  This program has been running since 1990, and is protected from hostile Administrations by legislation. … Continue reading →

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How Did Wind Get So Cheap?

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

Rather surprisingly, wind power is now the cheapest form of electricity in the US: This comes from the tree-hugging socialists at  Lazard Asset Management.  Unsubsidized wind comes in at $32 to $62 per MWh, depending on the site.   Natural gas … Continue reading →

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Rebecca Leaf, Engineer Heroine from MIT

Posted on May 17, 2016 by

I recently came across a striking set of stories about leftist women who attended MIT.  The school has had female graduates longer than any other major US university (their first was in 1873), and they’ve done remarkable things.  It turns … Continue reading →

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Solectria – Achieving Goals By Lowering Them

Posted on July 28, 2014 by

A few days ago some good news finally came to a guy who has been trying to save the world for a very long time.   James Worden is the founder of the Massachusetts company Solectria Renewables, and it just got  … Continue reading →

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Antarctica Will Save Us All, Maybe

Posted on December 12, 2013 by

Just in time for the start of winter, NASA scientists have identified the coldest place on Earth: -93.2 C (-136 F) on a high ridge in Antarctica.  Full story here.  That beats the previous record of -89.2 C (-128.6 F) … Continue reading →

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Peak Nuclear Has Passed…

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

… for both weapons and power.  Nuclear weapons have been the great looming threat for most of my life. These were devices built to end civilization.  So it’s startling to see how fast they have been declining: Source: “Global Nuclear … Continue reading →

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