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Managing Natural Resources
What are natural resources? They consist of all the things that humans cannot make, which include the universe, the sun, and the earth with everything on it and beneath its surface. Is there anything...
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The Great Chinese Impact
What are the impacts of a rising China on the rest of the world? To answer this question, we must bear in mind the following important facts: fast growing and modernizing economy; population 1.3...
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Mass Consumption and the Environment
The adverse impacts of mass consumption on the environment are best illustrated by car ownership among many other things. In the US, the number of passenger vehicles has steadily risen to over 254...
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Wind Power Comes Of Age
According to the latest edition of Sierra Magazine (Mar/Apr 2013), wind power has finally made significant progress in the US energy mix. Up to the year 2000, total US wind power output had stayed...
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The Wisdom of Recycling
Recycling is a basic function of the universe although we may not be aware of it. Examples are the circular movements of the planets, life and death, day and night, and the change of season and...
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Solar and Wind Together
Solar and wind now stand out as two major alternative energy sources although their shares in the total energy mix are still small. They continue to attract consumers because they harness the free and...
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The Carbon in our Life
All matters are made up of basic natural elements. They are masterfully presented in the Periodic Table whose current listing shows 118 elements, with more to be added after being discovered. Some of...
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The Oil Curse
The oil curse is a phrase probably invented by Westerners when they talk disparagingly about the oil-exporting countries of OPEC, which have kept oil prices high since 1973. Little do they know that...
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Overcoming the Oil Curse
The oil curse I’ve described in my previous essay is man-made. We are simply reluctant to kick the oil habit even though we already have the new technologies to do so. This reluctance varies between...
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The Automobile Culture
The automobile is an invention that has greatly changed our lives in just one century. It has also become an integral part of modern-day society. We are deeply entrenched in the automobile culture as...
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The Population Bomb
Around the 1800’s, a British scholar named Robert Malthus brought attention to the dangers of famine and disease due to overpopulation. In 1968, Professor Paul Ehrlich published “The Population Bomb”...
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The New Inflation
Inflation is a debilitating force that can ruin the whole economy because of the uncertainties it brings. Inflation can easily turn into a vicious upward spiral because everybody expects and behaves as...
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The Energy Story
Let me tell you a story about energy Without which all things remain stationary. Where does the ultimate energy come from? The Big Bang, says scientific theory. But where does the Big Bang come from?...
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The Conservative Dilemma (II)
The Conservative Dilemma (II) As the conservative pendulum swings away Many ideas emerge to save the day. The simplistic ideas of the past did not work. A recently published article may find its worth...
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Humans and Animals
We inherited Toby when our son went to college eight years ago. One day, Toby suddenly did not eat and play. I could feel two large lumps under his belly. He began to develop hairless spots all over...
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Free Lunch in Energy and Health
Without energy, nothing moves and everything dies. This shows energy and life are the same thing existing in different forms only. To improve our conditions, simply invest in two things – the energy we...
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Peak Oil, Part II
Peak oil is a model invented by M. Hubbert in 1956 to predict the peaking of global oil production. It has accurately predicted that US production would peak between 1965 and 1971. Nevertheless, it has...
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Solar Stocks Recovering
Solar stocks are creeping up nicely for a few months now since May. This confirms my analysis that the short-term turmoil in the solar industry is ending. See my previous essay “Solar Stocks on the...
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Defacing Traffic Signs
In many big American cities, the defacing of traffic signs is a constant eyesore apart from the great trouble causing drivers. In the Silicon Valley where I live, such act seems to be on the increase....
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Solar Breakthroughs
The solar industry qualifies as an industry of the future due to its enormous market potential. The most obvious potential is what we see on the roofs. It seems that less than 10% are equipped with...
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