July 5, 2017

Meditations with Light

Morning walks with my dog Buddha are a contemplative respite from the cares of the world. These are some of the images that moved past my inner lens this morning.

July 4, 2017

Tendrils

Wild grape vines begin their summer growth


And it ends in the fall rains

July 2, 2017

Renewable output could overtake nuclear power in a couple of years

On a global, full-year basis, accelerating renewable production looks like it will overtake the historically stagnant output of nuclear power in two to three years.

Frankly, when I started tracking global energy sources in 2004 I dismissed such a possibility out of hand. I was wrong. In 2016 the renewable energy sector produced almost 17 exajoules. If the same trend holds for the next decade as it did for the last one, the value proposition of nuclear power will be, um, "severely degraded."

July 2, 2017

Ladybug

July 1, 2017

Foxglove

The upside of the cool, rainy spring we've had here in Ottawa is lots of water droplets on the flowers.