The Mirage of Electric Vehicles
"For those who think that electric vehicles make a difference … think again. The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Lab has just released a study showing that in 2021, US privately-owned plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) “saved about 690 million gallons of gasoline.” But that is a huge exaggeration because fossil fuels provide 61% of the electricity in the US … so only about a third of that apparent savings is a real reduction in fossil fuel use, the equivalent of maybe 130 million gallons."
Read moreAssigning Blame for the Blackouts in Texas
Don't listen to the politicians, the utilities, or the news. The answer is not there. This is something that happens when nobody is responsible for capacity planning. Read on.
Read more“Remdesivir for COVID-19” Study accidentally proved effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine
This is a post-mortem of the Remdesiver Clinical Trial. We pay our professionals good money to get a decent trial and they can't even get that right. Heads ought to roll.
Read moreBrazilian scientists and academics write an Open Letter on the “science” of the #coronavirus pandemic
“During this pandemic, the term “science” has been used “ad nauseam”, that is, has been repeated to exhaustion: “Science, science, science”, “I’m pro-science”, “For from the science, through the science and to the science I guide my decisions and acts” and “I am, therefore, fully right to do so”. It is clear that the intention here is to lead all of us to the idea of decisions based on something unquestionable and infallible, as scientific as law, as the law of gravity.”