How Much Land Would it Take to Generate All US Electricity With Solar Alone?An in-principle calculation demonstrating how little land is really neededApr 30, 20223Apr 30, 20223
Whence Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas?A primer on the origin, extraction, and emissions of everyone’s favorite fossil fuelsApr 17, 2022Apr 17, 2022
Why Solar Panels Can’t Get Much More Efficient (And That’s Okay!)Shockley-Queisser and the limits to converting sunlight into electricityDec 18, 2020Dec 18, 2020
Yes, 100 Companies are “Responsible” for 71% of Global Warming Emissions: So What?Whether 100 or 100,000, it’s consuming the fossil fuels extracted by these companies that ultimately drives climate changeNov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
Just how many animals do Americans eat?And how many would you save by going meatless one day a week?Sep 8, 20201Sep 8, 20201
Brief update on publicly available COVID-19 case data at Arizona State UniversityThe epidemiologic picture has improved, but student case rates remain quite high, and ASU’s zip code is now at the epicenter of the…Sep 4, 2020Sep 4, 2020
Mathematical analysis of publicly disclosed COVID-19 case data at Arizona State University…While the numbers are presented as benign, a closer look shows an unfolding disasterAug 30, 2020Aug 30, 2020
The many faces of food waste in the time of coronavirusDiscards, biofuels, meat, and opportunities for changeJun 24, 2020Jun 24, 2020