Category: Technology (Energy)
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Confronting Liberal and Conservative Biases on Science
New York Times reporter Eduardo Porter has an excellent piece about how ideology shapes our embrace/rejection of science. The left loves to rant about the "anti-science" right when the left participates just as much in the same anti-science behavior, and the left's anti-science behavior is every bit as destructive. "The left is turning anti-science," Marc…
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GDP Decoupling from Energy and Resource Use
Harvard Business Review: Stuff: When Less Is More One of the most persistent economic misconceptions I see is the presumed fixed relationship between a unit of GDP and the energy/resources consumed in the process. This false relationship is projected into the future to show that growth is leading to total collapse in the near future.…
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Why “Sustainable Development” is Not the Answer
New York Times: A Call to Look Past Sustainable Development – Eduardo Porter If billions of impoverished humans are not offered a shot at genuine development, the environment will not be saved. And that requires not just help in financing low-carbon energy sources, but also a lot of new energy, period. Offering a solar panel…
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Invisible Fuel (and “Limits to Growth” Thinking)
Economist: Inivisble Fuel THE CHEAPEST AND cleanest energy choice of all is not to waste it. Progress on this has been striking yet the potential is still vast. Improvements in energy efficiency since the 1970s in 11 IEA member countries that keep the right kind of statistics (America, Australia, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy,…
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Nuclear Power From Nuclear Waste
See this article for more details: Back to the Future: Can Nuclear Energy Save the World?
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Science and Technology Links
1. Christian Science Monitor: In Kenya, selling human waste could revolutionize sanitation Dealing with human waste has become a health crisis in many poor communities, but residents of a Kenyan slum have found a solution that turns poop into profit. … … Sanergy’s toilets are low-tech and low-cost, but they have a key feature: They…
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Science and Technology Links
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in Culture, Economics, Environment, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))1. PBS: Five Cook Stoves Used Around the World 2. Upworthy: It Used To Take Up 40% Of Their Daily Expenses. Then They Found A New Way To Cook. 3. Viral Forest: This is the Pallet Emergency Home. It Can Be Built in One Day With Only Basic Tools. … Developed by the creative folks…
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Limits to Growth: Still Wrong, Still Influential – Bjorn Lomborg
Below is a presentation by Bjorn Lomborg at Creative Innovation 2013: Asia Pacific. I think this is a remarkable presentation. First, a few remarks. How much can the global economy grow? That is a big issue in economics and environmentalism. Clearly, the earth has a fixed quantity of resources. If the economy grows exponentially, then…
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Science and Technology Links
1. The Atlantic: What Americans Don't Know About Science On a recent survey, just 74 percent of Americans said that the Earth revolves around the sun. … … As you'll see, in the words of the report, "many Americans provide multiple incorrect answers to basic questions about scientific facts." Then again, "residents of other countries, including highly…