Published

2 years ago

August 4, 2024

Alice Rush

Should you be investing in the tech that converts excess CO2 in the air into sustainable transportation fuels?

Well, that suggests that there is such a technology and that this company owns it.

Neither is the case. If there is a path forward here, and there is, it doesn’t involve “excess CO2 in the air.” It involves capturing CO2 from point sources like coal-fired power plants and concrete manufacturing facilities, combining it with hydrogen from the electrolysis of water, using huge amounts of off-peak energy from nuclear or wind plants.

The optimum process for synthesizing hydrocarbon fuels in this manner can be found here.

Investing in Synthetic Fuels

Renewable Energy

Is Bullying a Bad Thing? Not if We Want a Society of Brutality

Published

11 hours ago

March 28, 2026

Alice Rush

Does this guy have a solid point?

Is war a bad thing? What about rape and torture?

Do they point to weaknesses that must be strengthened?

Is Bullying a Bad Thing? Not if We Want a Society of Brutality

Renewable Energy

What Makes a President a King?

Published

14 hours ago

March 28, 2026

Alice Rush

Maybe the protestors are less concerned about length of time in office, and more with criminal authoritarianism.

What Makes a President a King?

Renewable Energy

Blaise Pascal, Renaissance Man–Literally

Published

18 hours ago

March 28, 2026

Alice Rush

I have such respect for Pascal that I considered naming our son after him. (My wife wasn’t having it. Maybe if we lived in France?)

Pascal made important contributions to both math and physics but he’s perhaps best known for his philosophic “wager,” that it makes sense to believe in God, since if He exists, you’ll be very glad you did, and if He doesn’t, you haven’t lost anything. I counter that this is not how we accept or reject religious tenets.