How Do We End The Covid-19 Crisis? A Few Thoughts
May 17th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
"It’s like driving at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." — E.L. Doctorow
About Barry A.F.
Barry A.F. I've had an interest in renewable energy and EVs since the days of deep cycle lead acid conversions and repurposed drive motors (and $10/watt solar panels). How things have changed. Also I have an interest in systems thinking (or first principles as some call it), digging into how things work from the ground up. Did you know that 97% of all Wikipedia articles link to Philosophy? A very small percentage link to Pragmatism. A link to all my articles
Author Archives: Barry A.F.
I Will Make Covid-19 Respect Me
May 17th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
Everyone wants things to reopen. Nobody is happy having to shelter in place or being concerned about money or not being able to do what we have been doing all our lives. However, Covid-19 is just not cooperating
The Factions In The COVID-19 Reopening Debate
May 11th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
Up until quite recently, perhaps even the last few days, there had been two main factions in the fight against Covid-19, conservatives who preach reality denial and justifiable murder vs. the non-reality deniers, those who understand that this virus is deadly and the need to use public policy to prevent infections until we can at least control if not eradicate Covid-
The Dangers Of Reopening The Economy Too Soon
May 10th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
At the moment, we have had over a quarter million deaths due to covid-19. This death toll will continue to rise until the virus infects everyone and causes millions of deaths, or until we defeat it, either by social distancing and contact tracing, a vaccine, a treatment, or whatever tools we employ, including new technologies. I am personally fascinated by the potential of covid-sniffing dogs
A Tale Of Two Oil States: Norway & Alberta, Canada
April 23rd, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
Both Norway and Alberta, Canada are economies that gain huge profits from selling oil. They have huge natural reserves of it and make ginormous profits from feeding our "need" for oil powered transportation. However, their method of deploying those profits is in sharp contrast, and interestingly it even guides their philosophies and how they view climate change
What Does COVID-19 Minimization Tell Us About Conservative Ideology & Climate Change?
April 22nd, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
Dotard Trump has spent the entire coronavirus emergency lying about its severity, claiming it’s going to disappear on its own, [&hellip
A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Coronavirus Edition: Final Thoughts
April 4th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
A few months back, I wrote two guides to disaster preparedness. They were meant as general references, assuming you may [&hellip
A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Coronavirus Edition: Money
April 1st, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
A few months back, I wrote two guides to disaster preparedness. They were meant as general references, assuming you may [&hellip
A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Coronavirus Edition: Time Management
March 28th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
A few months back, I wrote two guides to disaster preparedness. They were meant as general references, assuming you may [&hellip
A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Coronavirus Edition: Basic Supplies
March 27th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
A few months back, I wrote two guides to disaster preparedness. They were meant as general references, assuming you may [&hellip
Why Is COVID-19 Taken More Seriously Than Climate Change?
March 21st, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
Climate change is an existential threat to humanity. We are on a trajectory to destroying a livable climate. This has been modeled, we know why it's happening, how it works, and how to fight it. We also have the technology to defeat it. And bonus, that technology is cost effective
How Should $10 Billion Be Spent To Defeat Climate Change?
March 14th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
When I first read about the $10 billion from Jeff Bezos to fight climate change, my first thought was, "Where will it be spent?"
A Gas Station!
February 11th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
There was a building on a relatively busy corner leading out of town that could never stay in business. From the time I was a kid, it kept changing and opening as something else — a restaurant, a trading post, an antique store, a restaurant several times, and probably a few other businesses over the years that I can't even remember
Update: Help CleanTechnica Create A New Section — Key Renewable Energy Articles
February 8th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
Last week we asked for your help in creating our new Key Articles section, and you delivered. There were many comments with excellent suggestions, and plenty of helpful commentary. In addition, an unexpected dynamic came along — good suggestions reminded me of other articles that also needed to be included
In-Depth Renewable Energy 101 & Climate Change 101 — Thorough Beginner’s Guide
February 8th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
This section is meant as a primer to the world of climate change and renewable energy. CleanTechnica has posted over 40,000 articles since its inception in 2008, however, reading all of them would take months, so the following is a distillation of the key pieces of the puzzle
Help CleanTechnica Create A New Section — Key Renewable Energy Articles
January 19th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
CleanTechnica has posted 40,000 articles since 2008, written by hundreds of authors. In these, there are many that have covered current events, many that are instructional/timeless, and many that provide useful comparative knowledge such as renewable vs fossil fuel costs
A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Part Two
December 31st, 2019 | by Barry A.F.
Due to climate change, 100-year, 500-year, and even 1000-year weather events are happening with alarming regularity. Unfortunately, we are still not at a mitigation level to avoid 1.5ºC or even 2ºC (2.7° F to 3.6° F) temperature rise
Fear of Progress
November 25th, 2019 | by Barry A.F.
A recent article on CleanTechnica, "BBC Click: Are Electric Vehicles 'The Future Of Road Vehicles?' EV Owners: 'Duh.'" basically covered what CleanTechnica and other green energy websites have been saying for years, that EVs are superior to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in more ways than one. This is not news to informed progressives, but it is very much news to the general public
Anatomy Of A Watershed Event
October 27th, 2019 | by Barry A.F.
For background, please see this previous article: "Will A Watershed Event Turn The Tide Against Fossil Fuels?" A watershed event is defined as: An event or period that is important because it represents a big change and the start of new developments
A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Part One
October 25th, 2019 | by Barry A.F.
We are still not at a mitigation level to avoid 1.5ºC or even 2ºC temperature rise, but of course we hope to get there before runaway climate change destroys us. Part of what we can do is to be prepared for extreme climate events. They can happen to anyone, and there is no way to know who that will be and when
State Function, Path Function, Path Dependence, & Climate Change
October 10th, 2019 | by Barry A.F.
How we get to zero carbon is an unanswered question at this point
The New Right-Wing Ploy Coming Soon: Fake Climate Solutions
September 26th, 2019 | by Barry A.F.
At the moment, many right-wing ideologues are sticking to abject climate change denial, crazy ideas like — it is not happening, it is good for us, it is not caused by humans, it is a left-wing conspiracy, it's designed to steal your money, and so on. Notice how many are contradictory — not happening and good for us are mutually exclusive. The idea is to throw out as many rationalizations as possible to provide a "plausible" excuse for each of their supporters via varying reality-denying views
Will A Watershed Event Turn The Tide Against Fossil Fuels?
September 17th, 2019 | by Barry A.F.
Right now we are facing an existential crisis, despite the fact conservatives deny the reality of climate change and the media doing their bidding (thanks to bullying, bothsiderism, and disinterest) climate change quickly threatens the future of the planet and the human race
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