On Friday, the UK went a full 24 hours with all of its coal fired power stations turned off. The first time the UK has operated without coal since the industrial revolution. Indeed coal has been an important energy source in the UK since the 1600’s. So this is a bit of a mile stone.Continue reading “Kingdom’s 24 Hour Experiment”
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Generation of Smart Phone Users
According to a recent Pew Research study, nearly two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone, and 19% of Americans rely to some degree on a smartphone for accessing online services and information and for staying connected to the world around them. The number that fascinates me, however, is that 7% of Americans own a smartphone but […]Continue reading “Generation of Smart Phone Users”
Trends in Solar & Power Storage Farms
As the impacts of climate change continue to worsen, the opportunity still exists for leaders and individuals at every level to reduce the coming harms by renewing and redoubling the push for clean energy. And in many places, this kind of strong leadership is happening — just not in the Trump White House. (Battery gigafactories, […]Continue reading “Trends in Solar & Power Storage Farms”
Tesla Coil Experiment
[Electroboom] always has some entertaining videos. He recently tried to run his Tesla coil in a vacuum. The video shows some interesting results, along with his usual bleeped out expletives as he drills into his hand and suffers other indignities in the name of electronics. Unfortunately, a bit of extra bolt caused the coil to […]Continue reading “Tesla Coil Experiment”
