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Category Archives: Energy
5.23.2013
Has the E-Cat been proven to work?
In the world of LENR or cold fusion, one cannot help but come across Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat device. Rossi claims to harness LENR or cold fusion via a nickel-hydrogen process to produce excess thermal energy in his energy catalyzer. On / read more…
Posted in Energy / Pseudoscience / Science
Tagged in LENR
3.19.2013
LENR: A bright future? Part 2
It’s time to close out my look at LENR. Join me as we take a look at the Weak Nuclear Force, the Weak Interaction Theory and chase down a few references provided by commenters of the last article.
Posted in Energy / Science / Technology
3.9.2013
What is Energy?
Today I am putting out a call for some comments. I am currently teaching my physics classes about energy. The term energy can also be, and is often misused by those peddling various pseudoscientific nonsense.
Posted in Energy / Pseudoscience / Science
Tagged in Energy / forms of energy / physics / pseudoscience
2.26.2013
LENR: A bright future? Part 1
Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) is the current label used for the troubled concept of cold fusion. Cold fusion was brought into the public conciousness by two scientists, Pons and Fleischmann, who announced directly to the public that they had / read more…
Posted in Energy / Pseudoscience / Science / Technology
Tagged in LENR
2.2.2013
Latent Heat of Fusion, Specific Heat, & Climate Change
I want to start by explaining a concept from physics known as latent heat, specifically the latent heat of fusion. Latent heat is the energy involved when materials change their phase, meaning they go from one form of a solid, / read more…
Posted in Energy / Nature / Science
Tagged in 1.9C / basic science / climate change / co2 / energy balance / glaciers / ice / latent heat / water
12.9.2012
The dilemma of things past versus our future
I really like alternative energy sources, like wind energy. I also like history, especially archeology. But sometimes the two come into conflict, and in the following case I’m not really sure what to think. Take for instance the Duddo Five / read more…
11.27.2012
Saphon Zero Blade Technology: Cheap, efficient wind power?
It is vitally important for the future of humanity to push forward for better sources of energy, sources which are safer, more efficient, less harmful for the environment, and renewable, or at least with plentiful reserves. Saphon Energy, a Tunisian / read more…
8.29.2012
Albert Einstein Explains It All
There’s not much to say here in this post, other than to enjoy the audio file. This is Albert Einstein personally explaining his famous equation E=mc2. So far as I’ve been able to determine, the exact source and date of / read more…
2.19.2012
Why Are Eco-Facists Trying to Ban Incandescent Bulbs?
My feelings are split over how I feel about the United States Congress delaying their phase out of incandescent light bulbs here in the good old U S of A. They will be effectively banned beginning in October of this / read more…
Posted in Energy / Technology
Tagged in cfl / incandescent / jevons paradox / light bulbs
11.28.2011
Canada May Sensibly Blow Off Kyoto
No nation concerned with the science of climate change should have ever given the Kyoto Protocol the time of day. Most of them did, and signed and ratified this plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of wealthy nations, while / read more…
Tagged in climate change / co2 / global warming / kyoto protocol / politics / pollution
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