Solar Thermal Energy Storage

Solar energy is popular, particularly thanks to photoelectric panels that absorb photons (light) and release electrons (electricity.) That’s good news Continue reading →

Sucking UP CO2 Gets Cheap

One solution to excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (besides not putting it there) is to extract it with large Continue reading →

PNTP Fourth Anniversary – The Hits

Surprise! Today’s the 4th anniversary for PretendingNotToPanic.com, the blog. News for people who are eager and anxious about the future. Continue reading →

Legal AI Personhood

AIs are already gaining citizenship rights. A few countries are experimenting with the idea, particularly in countries that have trouble Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2018

Currencies are crashing: India (-10%), Indonesia (-8%), Argentina (-52%), and Turkey (-42%) while Venezuela is expected to have 1,000,000% inflation this Continue reading →

Photoelectrode Breakthrough

Think solar cells, but broader than that. One application of converting light into useful energy is to break up water Continue reading →

Trash In Space

It sounds funny but trash is space is decidedly deadly. Of the 20,000 objects we have in orbit, 95% are Continue reading →

Data That Matters August 2018

August 1 is the Earth Overshoot Day for the planet. For the United States, the day is March 1. In Continue reading →