05-01 Holy Moly
When my grandchildren see something interesting, they say “cool”. But I say, “holy moly”. And in the world of renewable energy, especially solar, I am living in a state of “holy molies”.I recently saw homes in the Lake Chapala district of Mexico all with solar panels on their rooves. Investments of $6K that pays off…
05-02 Germany
My first summer job as an engineering student was in 1953 with “Ontario Hydro”. A funny name, since we get power from hydro, nuclear and natural gas.And I learned how complex it is to balance the supply and demand for electrical power. Ontario had just installed a coal-fired electrical power generating station in Toronto and…
05-03 The USA
Watching President Trump through the eyes of the media reminds me of my show-off days as a ten-year old with my Yo Yo. Up and down, over the falls, around the world, and a half dozen other maneuvers all designed to impress my friends. Then the string on my Yo Yo would break. But the…
05-04 China
During our tour of China in 1985, we were told that 80% of China’s electrical power came from coal. And the big surprise was seeing people in Beijing wearing masks to filter out the pollutants in the air. The attached photo was taken a few years ago and is evidence that people in the east…