"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
It’s official. El Nino is here, and it continues to grow in strength, promising to be one of the biggest in 65 years. I lived in L.A. during the very powerful 1982-83 and 1997-98 El Ninos. It is indeed awe-inspiring.…
Beattyville, Kentucky has mostly been destroyed by opiates and low-priced coal being mined elsewhere, as well as (inadvertently) by welfare benefits. Locals may blame Obama and EPA for the death of their coal mining but the truth is, coal can…
The cold dish rag of reality is smacking Silicon Valley in the face. Unicorns, private companies with ludicrous billion dollar valuations like Dropbox, Square, and Snapchat, are being downgraded by investment banks, with their projected IPO prices now lower than…
Yes, I know there are lots of dedicated FBI agents and yadda blah blah but in light of recent news, the FBI seems both incompetent and corrupt. When not faking forensic evidence they’re letting teenage hackers break in to their…
An innovative system in Nevada for generating energy on demand to stabilize the grid when needed will use the railroad equivalent of pumped hydro, which uses excess renewable energy top pump water uphill into a reservoir, where it is released…
I’m a big fan of ScotteVest clothes. Their pants, shirts, vests, and jackets are well-made, comfortable, and man, do they have pockets. Their pants have a unique feature. The cargo pockets are on the inside. The pockets on the sides…
Energy can be stored many ways, the most common being in batteries. Concentrated Solar Power projects store excess heat from the sun in molten salt to power turbines at night. Pumped hydro uses excess energy to pump water uphill into…