Synopsis: Recently published estimates in Science are orders-of-magnitude too large. In response to this review article in Science, we describe why the noted generation rate estimates for wind power and solar PV are too large. For wind, the atmospheric dissipation rate of ~2 W/m² limits wind power generation to much less than the 30 W/m² stated, which is supported […]
Science = bad teeth (sample size ~30)
Science = bad teeth (sample size ~11 postdocs and professors) My sample size of a few suggests that there are probably a lot more scientists out there than me with bad teeth. Mt. Dew was my accelerant of choice when I was in my early 20s doing my masters, and I carried this over into […]
Cover letter for a professor position
My education didn’t teach me how the academic hiring process works. I spent years sending out sh*t applications, until one day a close friend described the process from the hiring side. Not only could I see what I had been doing wrong, but I saw how to fix it. If you are a PhD student […]