Beyond Moore’s law, Beyond Silicone Chips
Moore’s law may be a more general phenomenon, namely learning curve. But similar tools may come to the same conclusion. Disruptive Technologies are coming to the silicone chip world.
Earth Day 2020, 50 years of Hind sight
It is the 50th Earth Day and the world is generally locked down while we deal with the Coronavirus pandemic — and how best to ramp back up the world economy. 50th Earth Day. April 22 2020 The pandemic is a serious and sobering aspect to the fun and excitement to an otherwise interesting and informative day of rallies, speeches waterway cleanups and more… Worldwide we are going on 3M positive COVID19 cases and nearing…
COVID in the US
We talked about how scenario planning would and should have help see this pandemic, and have early warning signs for continuing plans.
SolarInvest2020: Residential Quick Take on Doing Good
Residential Solar can be a good investment. Good Savings. [UPDATE: 30% Investment Tax Credit on renewables in the IRA Act. See our Blog post here. This makes all the financial discussions below much more profitable. Also, higher inflation and higher power inflation.] Anyone thinking of putting solar on a residential property will obviously be friendly to doing a good deed for the environment, but would also like to understand the financial implications. There are…
SolarInvest2020: Solar Profitability Calculations: Residential and Commercial
As people hunker down at home, and spend time doing all those fix-up items that have been waiting for years, they should also consider working through the details of adding solar. First, of course, do those energy efficiency tricks that cost very little: smart thermostats, caulk windows and cracks, and improve your insulation. Your favorite power company will do an energy audit so you can get a check list of things to do. The typical…
SolarInvest2020: Residential Solar is Good, but Commercial Solar can be Crazy Profitable!
Business/Commercial Solar can be crazy profitable. [UPDATE: 30% Investment Tax Credit on renewables in the IRA Act 2022. See our Blog post here. This makes all the financial discussions below much more profitable. Also, higher inflation and higher power inflation.] Consistently three-fourths or more of people surveyed believe that renewable energy – especially solar – is good and that we should do more solar on the buildings where the sun shines consistently. But is doing…