April 23, 2013 0

On Mathematics and Science

By News Desk

In the preceding post Eli pointed en passant to an article by EO Wilson where he let the cat out of the bag For many young people who aspire to be scientists, the great bugbear is mathematics. Without advanced math, how can you do serious work in the sciences? Well, I have a professional secret to share: Many of the most successful scientists in the world today are mathematically no more than semi-literate

April 22, 2013 0

A bad rep for solar tax credit and LEED

By News Desk

Tweet Some news and rumors still seem to spread more by word of mouth than online. One of them for me is the issue of potential misuse of solar tax credits in the US, as opposed to feed-in tariffs done elsewhere. Solar tax credits are transferable and cost-based – the higher the cost of the system, then the greater the tax credit that can be sold to other businesses