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Fossil Hydrocarbons: More Than Fuel
The many uses of fossil hydrocarbons, and what we do and don't have alternatives for. We tend to call the coal, oil, and natural gas...
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Mar 1911 min read
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Resource Intensity, Consumption, & Population
The 3 factors that determine total resource use and environmental disruption. Human existence necessarily causes some disruption to the...
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Jun 19, 20245 min read
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Rainwater Collection
The basics of why and how, and is it helpful or harmful? Water is arguably the most important natural resource we need. Without energy...
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Jun 5, 20248 min read
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Environmental Problems Beyond Climate Change
7 interconnected problems worth solving The environment is everything that surrounds us—air, water, land, plants, animals, and other...
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May 8, 202410 min read
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Biofuel: Good Idea?
Exploring the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel. Biofuels have garnered significant attention as an alternative energy source...
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Apr 18, 20246 min read
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Jevons Paradox
When more from less leads to more from more. The Jevons Paradox is an economic theory that describes a counterintuitive phenomenon:...
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Apr 17, 20245 min read
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The Tragedy of the Commons Problem
When shared resource use leads to collective loss. Garrett Hardin popularized the "tragedy of the commons" in his 1968 article of the...
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Apr 10, 20246 min read
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Photosynthesis: How It Works & Implications
Exploring the foundation of life. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into...
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Feb 21, 20249 min read
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Understanding Exergy
Defining the usefulness of energy and resources. In order to understand exergy, we must first understand energy. Energy is all around...
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Feb 7, 20247 min read
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The Paradox of Resource Abundance
How Embracing Scarcity Thinking Leads to Abundance After years of thinking deeply about resources, I've come to this conclusion: Treat a...
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Dec 9, 20234 min read
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