Our planet is bathed in sunlight 24 hours a day, but solar power arrays on Earth can only efficiently access useful solar power for less than 8 hours a day. Worse than that, solar power peaks at a time several hours from peak use time for modern human societies. Earth-based solar power is not useless, […]
“If civilization had been left in female hands, we would still be living in grass huts” and “There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.” __ Camille Paglia, a Female Legend Earlier this year, neuroscientists at Stanford University devised an artificial intelligence model that could pore over human MRI studies, […]
When governments try to steer consumer and business choices from the top down, catastrophe ensues. The USSR learned it the hard way. NetZero imbeciles must likewise do. EVs Are Piling Up Unsold, Despite Huge Discounts The government is killing the auto industry with its senseless emissions rules. The economic impoverishment flows from the top down. […]
Since the Russian invasion of Europe in 2022, European nations have anticipated the spread of Russian hostilities beyond Ukraine and Moldova. As a result, NATO members have positioned more weapons and troops closer to the war zone, and Sweden and Finland have joined NATO. Switzerland has not been blind to Russian belligerence and threats of […]
“From a Distance” written by Julie Gold, is an ironic work of exquisite beauty. The masterful performance of the song above was recorded almost within earshot of one of the most cruel, destructive, and unwarranted wars in human history. Which makes it doubly ironic I suppose. When they recorded the song, they had no idea […]
As more Russian men are thrust into the Ukrainian meat-grinder, more planes are shot down, more ships are sunk . . . perhaps it is time to take a step back and ponder the uncertain future of Russia through a wider lens. A manic burst of war-industry spending is helping the empire to tread water. […]
Book lists can be rather “hit or miss” sometimes, depending upon the quality of the people who are doing the recommending. The list of 10,224 “Greatest Books” linked above is compiled from 268 “best of books” lists which have been filtered according to this extensive set of ranking criteria. This list of 10,224 greatest books […]
The three former industrial titans of Asia, Europe, and Eurasia, are settling in on a long downhill slide of codependent decline. Example: Germany’s fatal dependency on Russian natural gas, before Putin’s decision to invade Europe. When Russia invaded Europe, Germany’s green mirage was exposed as mere vapor. And German industry began to dismantle itself along […]
The United States produced more crude oil than any nation at any time, according to our International Energy Statistics, for the past six years in a row. Crude oil production in the United States, including condensate, averaged 12.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2023, breaking the previous U.S. and global record of 12.3 million b/d, […]
Both men were born in the northern US in 1941. Bob Dylan was born in Minnesota of Russian /Lithuanian Jewish stock. Neil Diamond was born in Brooklyn, NYC, of Russian/Polish Jewish families. Both became celebrated singer-songwriters known around the world, from the 1960s to modern times. Neil Diamond was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, which […]