fiction and non-fiction books
What’s with kW and kWh? We see from time to time confusion in the media, traditional and internet, concerning the application of the measurement units: ‘kW’ and ‘kWh’. [This Post updated on 6/08/2023]. So what IS with kW and kWh? Power If you are familiar with the SI units of measurement you will know that…
Post by author Barrie Cameron: What is full sustainability? What is full sustainability? This post focuses on this question, and what is being undertaken to achieve it for our Biosphere. This post, “What is full sustainability?”, was inspired by reading a recently published science fiction book that has as its main theme the importance of…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C3_220610: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Three: “Paris Interview”.] SP: Barrie, in your latest book, ‘Star Island‘, you have your characters using several modes of transport. In particular. some readers are wondering why you have them still using conventional fast rail between European cities. What about Hyperloop vs fast trains? Given that the…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C1_220512: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter One: “Oblivion”.] A key element in Chapter One, “Oblivion”, of my first ‘Planetoid Trilogy‘ book, ‘Star Island‘, is the ‘calibration test of the MiniAXE apparatus’. Effectively it is a science experiment. Today we take for granted that scientists and engineers use experiments to rigorously test their scientific…