Cycles of Drought and Flood in the West
Blog #95 Water feast or famine- When government builds a permanent dam at the base of a watershed to create a reservoir, the impoundment usually comes equipped with a hydroelectric generating […]
“Baby Steps” Of District Geo Loops In Massachusetts
Blog #94 It started with citizen concern. A community-minded group centered near Boston called HEET had worked for some time to weatherize housing in the area to lower energy costs for […]
The Equipment Pathway of Electrification
Blog #93 The late Henry J. Kaiser (entrepreneur extraordinaire who built Liberty Ships and the Hoover Dam) had a motto of “Find a need and fill it.” To some extent, […]
Utility Generation with Renewables
Blog #92 Despite plenty of continuing pressure and lobbying by some business and ideological interests, there is a continuing march to utilize electric energy in every way possible to eradicate […]
Solar PV & Battery Use at Home
Blog #91 Electrification is both a catch-phrase and a policy. Consumers are increasingly interested in decarbonization to fight climate change and for stable electricity access without supply interference by foreign […]
Hydrogen is Coming
Blog #90 Hydrogen is the least dense of any element in the Periodic Table but among the most stable when combined with oxygen as a water molecule. Three fifths of […]
This Range War isn’t in the “Old West”
Blog #89 By 1957 I was 10 years old. Occasionally, I would be with my dad, on cardboard or a creeper under a vehicle in our Oakland, California garage. I […]
Worries About My Refrigerator—New DOE Standards for ZNE-Ready
Blog #88 It was a slap in the face to see that my current 2014 Zero Net Energy home had a fridge that doesn’t meet the Department of Energy’s newest […]
Pump Prices, Subsidies, Rockets & Feathers Markets
(Consumer protection can only come from more renewables) Blog #87, CaliforniaGeo 7-31-22 Pump prices- Gas station prices have always been closely watched by Americans. In times of stability, there are […]
Upcoming Dryness (More Danger?)
Blog #86, CaliforniaGeo 4-7-22 Plumas (recent) fire history- Where I live in Quincy, California, we’ve been threatened by wildfire three times in the past five years and we evacuated twice. […]