The core of the Fat Boy bomb, which leveled two square miles of Nagasak, weighed 13.6 pounds. It was about the size of a softball. Photo by Diana Polekhina, Unsplash, cropped.
I am one of those people who hates the word “utilize.” The logic of the English language would seem to be that to utilize something is to alter it to give it utility that it didn’t originally have. One example is to punch holes in the bottom of a bucket … [continued]
The latest report from the US Department of Energy claims there is no such thing as too much carbon dioxide.
Fracking executive Chris Wright is now head of the US Department of Energy, where he will make sure oil and gas executives get their reward.
The Biden administration recently announced the opening of applications for a new Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator program. This program aims to allocate up to $100 million in federal funding to repair and replace non-operational EV charging infrastructure. This could end up being a great move, but … [continued]
Agrivoltaics beats fossil fuels with a bottom line case for farmers to install solar panels on their land.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has recently introduced the Clean Fuels & Products Shot, an initiative focused on substantially decreasing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) originating from carbon-based fuels and products essential to daily life. As the seventh DOE Energy Earthshot, this project aims to lower carbon emissions from the … [continued]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced new solar energy investments aimed at reducing electricity bills and local pollution while supporting President Biden’s ambitious goals of a 100% clean electricity grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Through the National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP), 25 teams have … [continued]
The DOE SolSmart program has been a major success. Now it is being expanded to double the number of communities it serves.
The US Department of Energy has proposed new efficiency standards for household appliances and wind turbine manufacturing.
If you’re a regular around here, you probably know that we prefer renewable electricity for powering vehicles. This usually involves battery storage, though. While battery technology has gotten to the point where it’s viable to do things like electric cars, boats, trucks, and even some planes, the relatively low energy … [continued]
