Jack Uldrich on “Unlearning Possibilities”
September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Greener Pastures of Unlearning
April 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In yet another example of turning a problem into an opportunity, developers in New Jersey have used fallow land to install a large solar farm on Rutger's Livingston campus. To date, the solar farm has reduced the university's electricity bill by $235,000 and, better yet, earned it $1.4 million in clean energy credits. Related Post [...]
Cool It With the New Questions
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of my preferred unlearning strategies is to ask a new question. To this end, I recently came across this interesting interview with Nathan Myhrvold. When the topic came to global climate change, he posed this interesting question: Can we cool earth off? He went on to add: The answer to that, surprisingly, is yes. And [...]
Unlearning the Grid
March 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I'm in Eugene, Oregon today to give the keynote presentation at the conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Eugene Water and Electricity Board. The gist of my message is that as impressive as progress has been in the past century it will pale in comparison to what is coming in the next two decades. [...]
What Isn’t in the News
June 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It was the biggest story of the year and perhaps the biggest story of the decade or maybe even this century. Surprisingly, it has quickly faded from the view of most people. What story am I referring to? It's not the BP oil spill. It was the announcement in mid-May that man had created artificial [...]
Someone Else Being Wrong Doesn’t Make You Right
May 23, 2010 By 2 Comments
I am preparing to speak to a major public power association early next week on the impact of disruptive technologies. Among other things, I will be discussing breakthroughs in solar, wind, biofuels, wave power, energy demand managment, and fuel cell technology. I will also being mentioning possible breakthroughs in the field of “cold fusion.” The [...]
