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-Benjamin Franklin
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Recycling Solar Panels
Nothing lasts forever, and there is always the question of what to do when something no longer works. Solar panels are no exception. Like many pieces of modern technology, the materials that go into solar panels are sufficiently complex/rare to make recycling seem like a rather good idea. While solar panels are expected to last Read more
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National Debt by Year
I got to wondering about the debt limit, and found that, like everything else, the information is available if you do a simple search. Here is the result of that search: END OF FISCAL YEAR DEBT (IN BILLIONS, ROUNDED) DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO MAJOR EVENTS BY PRESIDENTIAL TERM 1929 $17 16% Market crash 1930 $16 17% Smoot-Hawley Read more
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Freeze Dry or Dehydrate
What’s the difference between dehydrating food and freeze drying it? Dehydrating food in a dehydrator or freeze drying it serves the same purpose- to remove moisture. In other words, to desiccate it. Life requires water- remove the water, and the ability for life to grow declines substantially. Sufficient dehydration actually prevents the growth of mold Read more
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Unpopular Vote Winners
It is a time when data – information is ever so readily available. A brief internet search turned out the data on presidents elected with less than a majority of the popular vote – and it goes back to John Quincy Adams, 1824, elected with 30.9% of the popular vote and 32.18% of the electoral Read more
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A Tangled Web
At this time of year I point at least one camera towards the ponds. I hope to capture pictures of the goose families to get an accurate count of goslings. I have 3 separate hatches of goslings, Plus I plan on pictures of the ducks and duckling to aid in species ID and duckling count. Read more
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Stories From My Early Career
When I was still an undergraduate – tutoring statistics in dormitory poker games – noted butterfly expert Paul Ehrlich was explaining his expertise in demography and environmental change. To be fair, when I first read Malthus on population, like Paul, I was pretty well impressed – but I was 13 at the time. 1975 was Read more
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