I am sure, by now, you recognize that my research and business interests cross a variety of disciplines. So, my casual reading in any given day can include the following journals: Microbe, Journal of Bacteriology, Water Reuse, Nephrology News, JASN, JAMA, Harvard Business Review, Strategy+… you get the idea.
Continue reading Feed the World
Is my drinking water safe? We already know that it’s not true if you live in Flint. But, what about other places? How can you be sure?
Continue reading Safe Drinking Water?
I have written way more than a few times that our next battles are not going to be about gold, rare metals, or even oil. The next battles are going to be about water. Because the world is running out of pure, drinkable water. And, in some parts of the world, water is already a non-existent commodity.
Continue reading High and Dry?
You know I’ve said many times that science fiction is great stuff. Because we just suspend reality just a smidge- and then create things that can one day be real. Now, most sci-fi tomes deal with realities we hope come true (and some with dark visions, which serve as warnings if we screw things up badly), but I’m talking about technology dreaming, not the urban planning kind of sci-fi.
Continue reading Let the light shine in…
After what you’ve been reading in the papers and hearing on TV- and yesterday’s blog post– it should not surprise you that ½ (or more) of American citizens don’t trust the quality of their tap water. It’s why the bottled water business is so profitable. (Of course, when you consider that Pepsi and Coke sell you bottled water for the same price that they sell you pop- and pop sales require them to add in coloring and flavoring and for bottled water they don’t- you should not be surprised about that either.)
Flint. Newark. DC. Boston. Jersey City. Baltimore. And, probably every other major city in the US.
Continue reading Lincoln, Lincoln, I’ve been thinkin’…what the heck have you been drinkin’?
Remember that beautiful snow that blanketed the East Coast in mid January? It sure did look pretty, stoked up on the cars, trees, and roads. Of course, it also meant we had to shovel…big time! Because, as I know from living in Massachusetts and Michigan, 24 to 36 inches of snow takes weeks to disappear, even if the temperature hits 60, as it has lately.
Continue reading Pure as Driven Snow?
We’ve been hearing about this problem in Flint for a long time. (Actually, most of you really began hearing about this over the past few days or so. The media didn’t consider it ‘sexy’ enough to hype, when they had all those political blowhards to cover.) However, most of what we hear and read about the situation is spin. It’s probably about time for some brutal observations.
Continue reading In Like Flint?
So, what happens when you put together biologists, physicists, and chemical engineers (of course, they’ll be part of the mix)? Well, if this group from Columbia University is any indication, you get a new kind of engine that may be the answer to our future power needs.
Continue reading Pulling it out of thin air?
