Solar
s Solar For as long as I can remember, I have believed the sun would ultimately be our main source of power. The sun is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, roughly 4.6 billion years old, which generates energy through nuclear fusion, a science which has attracted billions of dollars for research to reproduce […]
An Amazing Solar Probe
An Amazing Solar Probe NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was established in 1958 in response to the Soviet Union’s space achievements. Since its inception, NASA has led America’s space exploration efforts, including iconic missions like Project Mercury, Project Gemini, and the Apollo Moon landings. NASA’s budget has fluctuated over the years, peaking […]
Why Do We Need Trees?
Why Do We Need Trees? Every summer, I update my carbon footprint. In this blog post, I will explain more about this and provide options to address the issue. I hope you find it interesting and useful. Life on Earth depends on energy coming from the Sun. The greenhouse effect has protected life on Earth […]
The Power of Wind
The Power of Wind We were at our summer home on Lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania (we have since sold the lakehouse). The weather was nice, so we headed out for a random motorcycle ride on the backroads of northeastern Pennsylvania. We rode through Greentown, Hamlin, Jessup, Archbald (not a typo), Jermyn, […]
Can Fusion Solve the Climate Change Problem?
Photo courtesy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Can Fusion Solve the Climate Change Problem? Written: July 2002 The frequency, duration, and strength of storms, flooding, and forest fires are increasing, as we see every day in the news. Experts are predicting things will get worse, a lot worse, unless the countries of the world take aggressive […]