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…
A bit of a later post this weekend – we have a firestorm blazing in the forests just 8 miles northwest of us, raining ash and pouring smoke in red-orange hues over our homes. More like a scene from Lord of the Rings and Mordor than a quiet Colorado town. Read more…
“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” William Plomer. I am always surprised when I would introduce an innovative idea to a group I was working with and receive the reply, “it won’t work” because we don’t do things that way. Whether this is in science or in Read more…
Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not. Oscar Wilde. How we look at the world is central to how we allow ourselves to think beyond the limiting mental boxes we live within. For many decades we have been expanding Read more…