Protons for Breakfast

Friends, I don’t normally just echo things I have read on other web sites.

Friends, as my Tesla battery sits discharged in my porch, it’s been good to see that Tesla engineers have been working hard on making a flying car.

Friends, it’s now been 7 weeks since my Powerwall 2 was disabled by Tesla.

Friends, I felt bad about the emissions modelling I did for the last article.

Friends, you may have noticed some long and extremely detailed comments on recent articles from a correspondent called Dave Burton.

Friends, you may have noticed some long and extremely detailed comments on recent articles from a correspondent called Dave Burton.

Friends, I recently attended the Berkeley Earth update on global weather and climate for August 2026.

Friends, I recently attended the Berkeley Earth update on global weather and climate for August 2026.

Endlessly Distracted Friends, even though Climate Change lingers at the back of all our minds, it’s so awful to think about that we find it difficult to grasp the magnitude of what is about to happen.

Endlessly Distracted Friends, even though Climate Change lingers at the back of all our minds, it’s so awful to think about that we find it difficult to grasp the magnitude of what is about to happen.

Friends, for four years from April 2021, I paid Climeworks £40 each month to capture 50 kg of CO2 from the air at their plant in Iceland, and to sequester it as calcium carbonate buried deep in the Icelandic basalt (article).

Friends, for four years from April 2021, I paid Climeworks £40 each month to capture 50 kg of CO2 from the air at their plant in Iceland, and to sequester it as calcium carbonate buried deep in the Icelandic basalt (article).

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Update 27 August 2026.

Update 27 August 2026.

Friends, please allow me to tell you about a wonderful internet gem: Berkeley Earth Synthesis.

Friends, please allow me to tell you about a wonderful internet gem: Berkeley Earth Synthesis.

Friends, recently I have built two quite different devices to measure humidity: First I made a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer (also known as a psychrometer).

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Friends, I recently received an e-mail from Octopus Energy telling me that they were going to increase my monthly payments from £10/month to £25/month – quite an increase.

Friends, the measurements for the next article on humidity measurement are taking longer than I anticipated.

Friends, people have been talking lately about the humidity of the air, and how it makes us feel.

Friends, people have been talking lately about the humidity of the air, and how it makes us feel.

Friends, other than myself and one other person, everybody I know loves to “fly away” on holiday.

Friends, in a recent article I made reference to a report on “Planetary Solvency” by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.