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One of these days, I'll try to write up the rules of thermodynamics so that people stop getting mislead. This is not a particularly well edited essay, but it should go up somewhere. Apparently there was a considerable armchair debate about what we are trying to do at LightSail on SciAm.com. Rebuttal below: Ok, I'll...
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https://youtu.be/cxpAVCan4CQ Friends, I was born in 1959, and as the video above shows, the way we wash and dry our clothes has changed a lot over my lifetime. And this week I have been thinking about the latest iteration in the story of how we dry our clothes: "tumble" dryers containing heat pumps. Sadly, I...
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Here's a simple guide to using the control panel for the ondol (?) floor-based heating in your Korean apartment. Typical Korean "ondol...
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At this site, when I have written about countries and states seeking to be among the leaders in eliminating fossil fuels from their electricity supply, I have generally focused on the larger jurisdictions, like Germany and the UK in Europe, and California and New York in the U.S. * But there is one much smaller country that puts all of those bigger ones to shame: Denmark. * With a population of only about 6 million, Denmark has pushed the "renewable" electricity generation thing well beyond what others have been able to accomplish. According to its official statistics, in 2024 Denmark got some 79.5% of its electricity from what it calls "low carbon" sources. The large majority of that came from wind and solar, with only a minimal contribution from nuclear. A...
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