Too many crises. Climate has been pushed to third place, and the Coronavirus to 2nd, with the United States now embroiled in a cycle in which police violence leads to protests which are met with more police violence. I hope Read More

I’ll pick a city more or less at random. Let’s say Denver. Now a date and time in the past. How about September 3rd, 2017, at 4 pm. If you lived in Denver and had some solar panels, how much Read More

I just have to write something about this story by Sammy Roth in Wednesday’s L.A. Times: How to stop a climate vote? Threaten a ‘no social distancing’ protest. This story is such a nexus of interwoven themes: climate denialism and Read More

Just five posts in and I’ve already been seduced by my inner essayist. I don’t really mind, because Dave’s Made-Up Law of Pressure says that if you create an opening, what comes out first is what really wanted to come Read More

Back to the garage, at least virtually. As I reported recently, I ordered a Pelton wheel and generator combo. It should be here in a week or so. That particular tangible object (which I described as a “toy”) is not Read More

“It’s almost worth the Great Depression to learn how little our big men know.” – Will Rogers I can tell I’m gonna need a nap after this one. One of the most inspiring things I’ve come across on the internet Read More

Epiphany: I can do short posts! (Don’t worry, there are several more densely ruminatious [new word] stem-winders in the pipeline, in which I will continue to try to unpack the n-dimensional complexity of global energy.) Meanwhile, I ordered a new Read More

I’m really hoping to install solar at my house this year. I’m old enough to remember when “installing solar” might mean putting in a Trombe wall, or some glass boxes on the roof for domestic hot water. Still valid ideas, Read More