by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 27, 2024 | Energy Rant
For years, I wondered how the national debt would result in Great Depression-level pain and a reset not unlike bankruptcy. The national debt doesn’t need to be paid back like we often hear or read in the news. It just needs to be maintained at manageable levels,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 20, 2024 | Energy Rant
Two weeks ago, I described an array of district heating and cooling plants that serve medical, college, industrial, and even city-scale loads. Last week, I explained options to decarbonize district heating and cooling plants. Those options include converting systems...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 13, 2024 | Energy Rant
Let’s begin with Oxford Dictionary’s definition of decarbonization. Noun: reduction or elimination of carbon dioxide emissions from a process such as manufacturing or the production of energy. Last week, I introduced central or district plants that serve...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 6, 2024 | Energy Rant
I would like to see a poll of peoples’ suggestions for decarbonization. My guess is solar panels would be near the top; next, maybe an electric vehicle; after that, maybe electrified appliances and HVAC. Are any of these investments cost-effective? Keeping it simple,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 29, 2024 | Energy Rant
I took advantage of the cold weather this week to demonstrate ice formation again. Caution: video ahead. When I take to Google and ask, “What is the freezing point of water?” it apparently depends on my location ????. You probably know that the boiling...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 22, 2024 | Energy Rant
My top “strength,” according to Gallup’s CliftonStrengths survey, is context, which means knowing and understanding history to assess situations and inform and guide decisions. “Those with Context are the people in our lives who instinctively...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 15, 2024 | Energy Rant
The depth of decarbonization will ride the line where the net of cost and convenience meets that of conventional alternatives. Polling from the University of Chicago indicates 38% of Americans are willing to chip in one (1) dollar per month to fight climate change,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 8, 2024 | Energy Rant
I was going to skip predictions for 2024, but due to popular demand, I’ll throw some chicken bones at the tarot card enthusiasts. Like other things in my life, I don’t make safe bets or set goals of high probability. If my guesses aren’t 50% wrong, I’m not...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 2, 2024 | Energy Rant
This post features my predictions from a year ago and what has happened since. Forecast #1: “The Ukraine war will not end peacefully with a desirable outcome as long as the bipartisan U.S. Congress keeps laundering money through the military-industrial complex (and...
by Michaels Energy | Jan 1, 2024 | News
Unlock Efficiency, Sustainability, and Profitability in Your Industrial Operations We are excited to announce that we have been qualified by the U.S. Department of Energy as a provider of Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC)-equivalent assessments! The IACs have...
