Category Archives: Science/Engineering

The bad joke that is wind power

Posted on June 9, 2012 | Comments Off on The bad joke that is wind power

“The sad truth is that industrial wind does not replace fossil-fueled electricity generators. It does not reduce emissions. It does not provide affordable, on-demand electricity.

“The relatively miniscule amount of electricity generated typically arrives when it’s not needed and cannot effectively be stored. Industrial wind, true to Ken Lay’s intent, is a profit center founded on favorable legislation, mandated renewable energy goals and funded by taxpayer subsidies.”

Not to mention that the West Texas windmills regularly kill eagles and many other birds, make a lot of noise for people who live near them, and shake themselves to pieces from lack of maintenance.

They haven’t replaced a single coal-fired power plant. They only work in Obamaloot’s speeches.

Via MasterResource.

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This is my idea of a firearm

Posted on June 7, 2012 | Comments Off on This is my idea of a firearm


Via The Fat Guy, who knows a good gun when he sees one.

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One Hollyweirdo with courage

Posted on June 6, 2012 | Comments Off on One Hollyweirdo with courage

I wouldn’t give ten cents for most Hollyweird goofballs, but the director of Avatar (a singularly stupid movie) is worth that and much more. Instead of blowing his fortune on illegal drugs and cheap political advice, James Cameron makes technological history.

Talk about courage, this guy really has it. His solo rocketing plunge off the coast of Guam, seven miles to the bottom of the Marianna Trench—the deepest “inner space” spot on Earth— sure proved it. Just thinking about his ninety-minute descent in the fetal position makes me sweat.

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New York’s Middle Finger

Posted on May 27, 2012 | Comments Off on New York’s Middle Finger

New York City’s tallest skyscraper is now the 1WTC. Not a new bulls-eye, they say, but a middle finger to al-Qaeda.

I was a surprised to see this. I’ve been busy with other things and forgot it was going up. Nice work. Pity, though, that there aren’t two of them.

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We are swimming in oil

Posted on May 20, 2012 | Comments Off on We are swimming in oil

Obamaloot’s Big Lie hasn’t gotten any more honest or believable since he told it in his State of the Union message to Congress back in January:

“Over the last three years, we’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration…. But with only two percent of the world’s oil reserves, oil isn’t enough.”

Indeed, his two percent fable has come crashing down to a new truth:

“…a representative of the Government Accountability Office testified before the House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment that the Green River Formation alone–it is located at the intersection of the states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, and mostly underlies federal lands–contains as much oil as the entire proven reserves of the rest of the world combined.”

Will our corrupt political elite allow it to be developed? Or are they truly in the pockets of the Muslim oil ticks and will continue to force us to rely on Middle East oil?

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Return to the moon

Posted on May 18, 2012 | Comments Off on Return to the moon

Robert McCall was the dean of American space artists and his painting of a proposed moon base (for the 1960s Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey) still haunts my dreams.

It might have come true but for the wasted billions spent on the stupid Democrat (JFK & LBJ) war in Viet Nam. Now with Uncle Barry focused on enlarging the welfare state, it’s unlikely. Unless private companies find a compelling way to make money at it, perhaps through minerals mining.

Fortunately, there’s still time for it to happen, of course, even if it’s long after I’m gone and it turns out to be made-in-China.

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The Kings of Eternity

Posted on May 6, 2012 | Comments Off on The Kings of Eternity

I’ve yet to read a bad science fiction story by Brit author Eric Brown and Kings of Eternity, a tale of conferred immortality is certainly one of his best. It’s his characters and their inner lives that make the books as interesting as they are, even when the plot is as imaginatively intricate as it is here.

I’d also recommend Starship Summer and Penumbra, which are similar space operas, both about spiritual enlightenment. Brown’s endings tend to be a little bit rushed, but considering the wealth of what has come before them, making too much of that would be churlish.

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