What public transport should look like.
Most people familiar with the matter at all would admit that British public transportation is a farce. A disjointed network made up of fare robbing trains and lumbering buses makes…
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…
Does the environment alter which of our genes are expressed?
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…
The Divisiveness of Language.
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,…
Musing on the future of mass transit.
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…
Who Killed the Hydrogen Car?
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…
The Lost Geniuses
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…
Mass Manipulation
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…
The environmental cost of biofuels
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…
Drax Power Station Burns over 150 Square Miles of Forest Each Year.
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
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 Ahead
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
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 EVs in North America will use.
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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