Innovative new design in wind energy production

Spanish company, Vortex Bladeless Ltd., has designed turbines that are entirely without blades. They generate electricity by jiggling.

The structure of these bladeless turbines works by attracting whirlwinds. Depending on the speed and direction of the wind, these whirlwinds develop at certain frequencies. At the base of the bladeless turbine are two rings of repelling magnets. When the wind pulls the turbine in one direction, the magnets pull it in another, causing the tube to wiggle.

Energy reaches a peak when the frequency of the vortex or whirlwind coincides with the frequency of the turbine. This peak is established due to the aeroelastic coupling that arises at this point. It is at this moment that the energy is absorbed and converted from kinetic energy into electrical energy.

To simplify, the whirlwinds produced by the wind cause the turbine to vibrate. This kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy and used to power our homes.

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/say-goodbye-wind-power-unlimited-energy/12905/

Simple question

What is wrong with us?

An anonymous social media post tells a made up story about some college girl and it goes viral; the story even appeared on a national show. 

And then her life gets upended. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-mississippi-student-speaks-about-viral-rumor-rcna199330

Rice and food scarcity

Here's another example of how the food supply is being disrupted by climate change. 

This is going to become the norm. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officials-sound-alarm-major-staple-111500167.html

Elon 🖕🏼

You tried to buy an election, presumably for your own personal gain. 

But Wisconsiners? Wisconsinites? Aren't having it. 

Suck it. 

Here's to hoping they come after you for breaking the law, ya blatherskite 

April Fools

 

I was admittedly a bit of a prankster in college.  I perpetrated several different elaborate pranks just because, and on April Fools I tried to think "bigger."  

For several years running on April Fools, I would look for a free-standing newspaper machine (like the one pictured here).  I would switch 10 copies of the paper - 9 from the stack, and the one that was facing the world in the window - with ones from the previous year.  (this prank took some serious planning!).

I would then take the 10 current ones, and return home with them, and save them for the following year.

And for the record, since this was a prank, not a theft, I also carefully considered how to ensure everyone came out "even" on the deal.  I paid for the newspapers! (they only cost $.25 a the time, so I didn't see it as a big deal for a fun prank)

On tariffs

A little self own by the GOP. Fact checking yourself to remind people that WE will be paying for these tariffs and not whoever made and sold them is enlightening. 

So $100 billion divided by 300 million people means, on average, we will be spending $333 more a year. It may not seem like a lot, but it disproportionately skews down to lower income people, where the income is smaller and it takes a larger bite out of what you have already budgeted. 

And then T-rump saying he doesn't care if WE have to pay more for a car? That's crazy. An already expensive $50,000 automobile will now cost $62,500. That made what was unaffordable now unattainable. But I'm sure some company will be happy to write you a loan for that amount for a ridiculous amount of interest.  

This guy….