Category Archives: Energy

A CONSERVATIVE solution to global warming (Part 1)

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Thanos

Political Correctness in the Republican party consists of denying that global warming exists, or that it’s man made, or that it’s impact to our children’s futures and our nation won’t be monumental. These denials come in the face of science … Continue reading →

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You are Overdue to Convert to LED Lighting

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Thanos

If you haven’t yet replaced your incandescent and CFL lighting with LED’s you are wasting money every single day that you postpone it. While the initial conversion investment is high, the energy savings are noticeable in your electric bills. I … Continue reading →

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Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Thanos

How professional sowers of doubt moved from issue to issue: tobacco, energy, climate. Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco – YouTube.

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Richard Muller: I Was Wrong on Climate Change – YouTube

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Thanos

Muller was a go to guy for many climate deniers the last decade, so it’s nice that he’s finally discovered that the Malankovitch cycle, vulcanism, and other half baked theories of global warming are wrong, and that only CO2 accounts … Continue reading →

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Mann and Rahmstorf on IPCC 2013

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Thanos

There’s not room for doubt or argument any longer. ? Mann and Rahmstorf on IPCC 2013 – YouTube.

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The Truth About Global Warming – Science & Distortion – Stephen Schneider

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Thanos

Some of the very same people who were telling people that there weren’t relationships between lung cancer and tobacco use are the ones now telling us that global warming doesn’t matter. Please watch, and get mad – I don’t want … Continue reading →

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Gamma Rays From Thunderstorms and Dark Lightning

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Thanos

There are amazing things happening in the skies above thunderstorms. Researchers studying thunderstorms have made a surprising discovery: The lightning we see with our eyes has a dark competitor that discharges storm clouds and flings antimatter into space. Astrophysicists and … Continue reading →

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Friday Morning Hodgepodge

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Thanos

Here’s a Friday hodge podge of updates. Since Glen Beck is picking this weekend instead of the three day Labor Day weekend seven days later for his Teaparty rally you have to wonder if he’s not just targeting that day … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear Conundrum

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Thanos

A panel discussion of the drivers and restrainers to building new Nuclear Energy plants in the US. The panel is well rounded with Stewart Brand, Michael Brune and Industry represtentation. Continue reading →

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Bill Gates on Energy, Climate and Poverty

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Thanos

Very important talk here, pretty much what I’ve been saying when I’ve taken the time to bash Gore and his anti-nuclear crowd in We. It’s crucial that we create plentiful cheap energy – it’s also crucial that it be carbon … Continue reading →

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