Category Archives: Energy

Einstein, Hippocrates, Thoreau…those guys had it right.

Some great thinkers have been on the right track for a long time. Humankind lived in harmony with nature for several hundred thousand years until just recently — within the past few hundred years. And, according to the research for … Continue reading

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The old 80-20 rule when it comes to sustainability

Pareto Principle — the 80-20 rule — and the Law of the “Vital Few” One of the coolest and most powerful things that I learned as an undergraduate in Industrial Engineering was Pareto’s Law, which has come to be known … Continue reading

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Biofuels, politics and feeding the world…

On the surface, one might think that making fuel for internal combustion engines from corn seems like a good idea. We all know that our supply of fossil fuels are are finite — and not renewable; so the more fuel … Continue reading

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