My wife and I may be leaving the country if Trump is re-elected, as the little missus isn’t tolerating the blossoming authoritarianism here very well. Insofar as we have friends in New Zealand, that seemed like a reasonable choice for …
Tag: New Zealand
New Zealand Does the Right Thing–Again and Again
What did New Zealand do following two mosque shootings? It banned military-style semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. It didn’t ask permission of the NRA. It simply took immediate action to protect its people.
Florida Brings More Thrills To Angry, Misinformed Voters
A colleague in New Zealand enthusiastically shared this post on his Facebook page, then emailed it to everyone he knows: Hooray for Florida! Time for New Zealand next! I-95 and I-75 (the northbound interstate highways in the southeastern U.S.) will …
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Dealing With the Public Relations Campaign Against Renewable Energy Is No Picnic
I think I’ve mentioned my quest to find a strategic partner for my client in New Zealand whose breakthrough in solar thermal hot water heating promises such excellent potential. I’ve enjoyed this project thoroughly, and I’ve turned up some really …
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Solar Thermal Water Heating
A gentleman from New Zealand contacted me recently about a terrific idea in the integration of solar thermal water heating in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings . I’m off to Los Angeles for a meeting with him in which we’ll …
Breakthroughs in Materials Science Critical to Quest for Renewables
On the things I find so fascinating about the migration to renewables is that it represents the confluence of so many different scientific and technological disciplines – especially in the quest to drive down costs. To take an obvious example, …
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