People Hate Being Outside

Spring is here in New England, so we’re finally getting out and about voluntarily, instead of being forced to go outside in order to shovel snow or wade through the drifts to our cars.  The trees are budding, the daffs are out, and you can wear short sleeves without risking hypothermia.  It’s now actually pleasant [...]

Maniacal Energy Storage Schemes

A common complaint about renewable energy is that it’s intermittent – the sun isn’t always shining and the wind isn’t always blowing.  One rarely hears the opposite charge against nuclear power – it’s generating electricity even when no one wants it in the middle of the night – but renewable intermittency is a real problem.  [...]