Why weather forecasts suck.
“Nothing is independent, the entire world is connected which every event influencing each other. The world is a giant chaotic non-linear system.” I wrote this a few years ago the…
“Nothing is independent, the entire world is connected which every event influencing each other. The world is a giant chaotic non-linear system.” I wrote this a few years ago the…
Is the Internet induced victim mentality altering the youth’s epigenetics? A few decades ago, we also believed that our genes were inalterable. This appears to be true - except via…
Language is portrayed as definitive. A word is a word and its definition is its meaning, except it isn’t. Just as people can see the same event interpret it differently,…
Transporation in the 21st century. Size The major problem with adding any new transportation system is cost. Cost is typically driven by size. Therefore, the first step in creating a…
I wrote this last year. I maintain the opinion that a car using hydrogen fuel cells won't be mass-produced. However, owing to solid oxide fuel cells and an abundance of…
I sit staring at a beige sofa, as I glance away its geometrical palm leave pattern imprints a mottle purple haze on my vision. I’m thinking of the hours I’ve…
News organisations are propaganda machines forcing their audiences to take sides. How far will society stretch before it tears itself apart? It must be clear that the vast majority of…
Our world has a problem. Laws are written by elected officials don’t examine their 2nd and 3rd order consequences. Promoting the use of biofuels is a pristine example of our…
Each year British taxpayers are paying Drax £321.5 million to burn forests - including those in the Amazon basin. In 2018 Drax received £321.5 million [John1] in subsidies for burning wood…
Ferroelectrics, Negative Capacitance and the Future of Transistors The IT industry pumps out 2 percent of global CO 2 emissions, a figure on par with aviation. That equates to around…
Tesla Semis: Charging AheadFinally, Tesla has revealed its Semi, but much speculation still surrounds it, primarily about the battery. In this article, I hope to provide some insight into how…
The Tipping Point for Electric Vehicle Charging(Image courtesy of Håkan Dahlström.) Most of us hate wasting time-or, more accurately, feeling like we're spending it. We get annoyed waiting for web…
How Much Electricity Will EVs Require? Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of transportation. The UK, France and Netherlands will ban internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) sales by 2040; China…
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