Smart water meters cause people to use more not less water

smart water meter

From the Department of Unexpected Results: Contrary to the cherished assumption that real-time water metering  will help people use less water, Aurora CO discovered the exact opposite happened. Residents with shiny new smart water meters used more water not less.…

U.K. plans ginormous offshore wind farms

Dogger Bank wind farm location

When built, two 1.2 GW offshore wind farms jointly will be one of the largest in the world. Britain already has more offshore wind than the rest of the planet combined and now is building more. Meanwhile, the U.S. has…

El Nino vs. The Blobs

El Nino vs The Blobs

Along with the fast-developing, powerful El Nino, several persistent warm water blobs (and their little buddy The Ridge) have appeared in the Pacific. No one really know if they will work together to produce even more rain, cancel each other…

European bailouts save banks, not people or countries

What a surprise. EU bailouts primarily benefit big banks who knowingly made dicey loans and bought garbage bonds. They get bailed out. Little if any of the money helps economies of the supposedly bailed-out countries. If this was actual capitalism,…

Converting paleolithic DOS-based apps to Windows

Many companies, big and small, still run mission-critical database applications that were written in the 1990’s and run in DOS. Really! These apps won’t run in modern Windows, so the companies need 2003 Windows servers to keep these dinosaurs going.…