I recall a kid’s TV program from 1969 where a bumbling wizard from the 11th century comes to the future and is enamored with the magic of “Electrickery.” He would flip a light switch and act as if he cast a spell so that the light turned on. Now a Read more…
“Caring for the Earth isn’t some ‘weird hippie’ thing. It’s more of a badass survival thing. If we don’t have a healthy planet, there won’t be a healthy anything” Give a shift about Nature. I advocate that the only way to heal ourselves, and thereby save the planet from our Read more…
In the last post I discussed the problems of getting past the ‘Coulomb’ Barrier to achieve fusion in which the heat released can be used to generate electricity (steam turbines). Considering the extreme energetic effort needed to reproduce the internal thermonuclear conditions at the core of a star (extreme heat Read more…
I had an email from a reader that in my last post about energy generation I had omitted Fusion energy, which they believed was a major energy solution technology. So, this week’s post is a more-geeky insight in to the problems of energy generation in the post fossil fuel era. Read more…
“War itself, is of course, a form of madness. It’s hardly a civilized pursuit. It’s amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace” Walter Cronkite. Despite earlier centuries of a reputation for Viking brutality, the Read more…
Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then do it” Robert A. Heinlein. A continuation of a fictional reflection by a hundred-year-old Espe from 2112 about the start and on-going movement of transformation to Sustainable Living. I add clarification links and quotes as needed. Read more…
Regular readers will recognize that I usually follow a theme for a while before switching gears and writing on something else. If anyone wants me to write on anything specifically, just let me know by email to richardjurin@outlook.com (email found at bottom of my blog page one). “Any sufficiently advanced Read more…
“To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else” Leonardo Da Vinci. “As our own species is in the process of proving. One cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying”Arthur Read more…