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Engineering professors going to waste!
The misapplication of the concept of competition provides cover for all this waste. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | July 25, 2018 A large percentage of the average engineering professor’s time is wasted. This unhappy circumstance arises because … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Commercial Waste, Competition, Duplication, Engineering, Henry Mecredy, Rag Bloggers
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Norman Pagett and Josephine Smit : Can We ‘Downsize’ and Survive?
Sewers under construction, north bank of the Thames looking west. Image from End of More. The end of more:Can we ‘downsize’ and survive? We continue to delude ourselves that ‘downsizing’ will somehow allow us to carry on with our current … Continue reading
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Tagged Cities, Downsizing, End of More, Engineering, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Health Care, Josephine Smit, Medical History, Norman Pagett, Sustainability, World History
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Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House : No More Power Bills–Ever
Power Plant: Computers, inverters and other controls help Strizki harvest as much as 90 kilowatt-hours of electricity on a sunny June day. Photo by David Biello / Scientific American.A New Jersey resident generates and stores allthe power he needs with … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Architecture, Energy, Engineering, Sustainability
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