Thought Piece Dear thoughtful reader, I have included a schematic for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), so that you will have a better idea of what is planned for DAPL, which has already undergone the 7 year legal approval process. “Projects that were thoroughly vetted by multiple state agencies were held hostage by a small but [...]
Thought Piece Yes, Oshkosh, that brunt of many jokes and the name of kids clothing! On a personal note, Robert Kleinschmidt (seen above) dated my sister Nancy in 7th grade during 1960 in Oshkosh, which certainly helped develop our friendship over the last 50 years. After Columbia Graduate School, he has gone on to become one of the highest [...]
Thought Piece Here is the URL for a new Shale Oil Magazine: http://shalemag.com/. No matter what happens at the Congressional Hearings over the next week, Shale Oil's importance cannot be overstated, as it provides tight oil, natural gas and feedstock. In addition, it continues to cut US emissions. Rev. Heins energy-pedia general news http://www.energy-pedia.com/ New projects [...]
Thought Piece [There are many great sounding ideas and beautiful prototypes on which significant government money should never be spent. The California high speed train from Sacramento to San Diego is probably one of those. This futurist project never made any economic sense, because it could not support itself with user revenues, even in small subdivisions. If CA [...]
Thought Piece Do I repeat myself? Well, then I repeat myself! "Paranoid politics almost never achieves its goal. The obvious prejudices, hyperbole, rhetoric, and shrillness gives it away. As I have said before: Name-calling, smearing and sneering are not arguments." "One gets the feeling that the promised "warfare" by the opposition has just begun and promises [...]
Thought Piece Dear thoughtful readers, I have chosen the Abraham Lincoln method of writing about matters to which I am close: I waited a couple of days before I published my thoughts. That said, some of you have read a previous editorial comment of mine, "Isn't it horrifying when the major media, universities, environmental media, national [...]
Thought Piece Dear thoughtful readers, I have a few thoughts to add to the narrative about the Professor Judith Curry departure from GTU: (1) Dissent is not illegal; (2) persecuting dissenters probably should be; (3) the United States was created by dissenters; (4) skepticism is a building block of all intellectual inquiry; (5) the politicization of any science will [...]
Thought Piece To enter the dazzling world of the Internet of Things, each of the billions and billions of things need hyper-speed, two-way connectivity and equal speed to download and upload information. What is being called 5 G. The other secret sauce is the same specifications for all platforms-cable, fiber optics and wireless. Sorry, DSL you [...]
Thought Piece (BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 12: The natural-gas fueled Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte power plant of Swedish energy company Vattenfall stands on December 12, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The modern plant creates both heat for residential and office buildings in the city center as well as electricity. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) The rhetoric that presupposes all [...]
Thought Piece Paranoid politics almost never achieves its goal. The obvious prejudices, hyperbole, rhetoric, and shrillness gives it away. As I have said before: Name-calling, smearing and sneering are not arguments." One gets the feeling that the promised "warfare" by the opposition has just begun and promises to be a long-term phenomenon. Where have the ideas [...]
