The big news of the day is the  longest presidential address to Congress in history .  President Donald Trump talked for a little more than 100 minutes.  I watched the whole thing, and wonder why. Many Democrats did not even show up, and  some just left during his speech , with  Rep. Al Green  (D-Texas) being booted out.  Several held small signs.  Women wore mostly pink.  Others wore blue/yellow in support of Ukraine. He mostly bragged about doing so much. He repeated his assertion to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal. Assailed the Biden Administration a lot, calling Joe the worst president in American history.  One of his lies/exaggerations, for polls have  Trump as the worst .  In that survey, Biden came in as the 14th greatest president. Here is  one example : “Over 130,000 people, according to the Social Security databases, are aged over 160 years old,” Trump asserted. He then added there are 1,041 people over ...

But first, a news flash:   DONALD TRUMP FOUND GUILTY.  E. JEAN CARROL IS AWARDED $5 MILLION .  What will this mean to his presidential candidacy?  Well, the worst is yet to come.  Democrats will try to delay any further prosecution of this heel, for they want him to screw up the Republican Party. My very  first posting occurred on 29 April 2008 .  It was entitled SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth and Humanity, the title of this blog.  I said: Some relative costs per gallon: Gasoline in USA $ 3.50 Gasoline in Hong Kong $ 7.50 (similar to Europe) Scope Mouthwash $ 15.00 Gallon of Beer in Restaurant $ 20.00 Evian (naïve backwards) $ 21.00 Brake Fluid (mostly oil) $ 34.00 Johnny Walker Black Label Scotch $ 160.00 Vick’s Nyquil $ 180.00 Channel #5 Perfume $4000.00 Computer printer ink $5000.00 I further said the price of petroleum just shot past $110/barrel, but that is only $2.62/gallon.  Energy is expensive, but cheap.   If you sc...

This blog site began with renewable energy, added the environment, then expanded in all other directions because of my book,  SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity .   Today, back to energy, and mostly from  Energy Matters , soundbites from the  American Energy Society . Top 5 hot topics at the end of 2022 Energy security. U.S. policy successes. Hydrogen. Transmission/pipeline infrastructure. Tie:  liquified natural gas and fusion. Five years ago (end of 2017) it was: President Trump. U.S. LNG production. Battery storage. Smart-grids. Autonomous vehicles. Here are the top stories this past year. January. There are 13 new lithium gigafactories under construction, just in the U.S., causing a supply imbalance. Solar power accounts for half of the new electric generating capacity in the U.S. February. Russian invades Ukraine. Global coal markets set new production records. March. Oil prices jump above $100/barrel. Electricity and nickel prices go haywire. Countries ign...