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	<title>Do the Math</title>
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	<description>Using physics and estimation to assess energy, growth, options—by Tom Murphy</description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Blow this Joint</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2013/03/lets-blow-this-joint/</link>
		<comments>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2013/03/lets-blow-this-joint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make. When we moved into our current house three years ago, we had to sell our clothes dryer due to gas/electric incompatibility (happens every time we move!). So we lived without a dryer for three &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2013/03/lets-blow-this-joint/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Death of a Battery</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/12/death-of-a-battery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Storage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the metrics looked great. The 2.7-year-old lead acid batteries in my off-grid photovoltaic system appeared to have settled into a consistent mid-life performance. Monthly maintenance (equalizing, adding distilled water) promised to keep the batteries in prime condition for some &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/12/death-of-a-battery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>This Thermal House</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/11/this-thermal-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/?p=1308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to make your house more efficient at repelling the unpleasantness outdoors (whether hot or cold), what should you do first? Insulate the walls? Insulate the ceiling? The roof? Better windows? Draft elimination? What has the biggest effect? &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/11/this-thermal-house/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crippling Intellects</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/11/crippling-intellects/</link>
		<comments>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/11/crippling-intellects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/?p=1300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People can be individually smart and collectively dumb. Or some may argue that people can be individually dumb yet collectively smart. When it comes to plotting a future path, I think we often get the worst of both worlds. In &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/11/crippling-intellects/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Survey the People</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/11/survey-the-people/</link>
		<comments>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/11/survey-the-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/?p=1292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The futuristic survey (covered in last post) has attracted about 1300 respondents, 900 from DtM, 300 from the Energy Bulletin (now Resilience.org), and a smattering from other places. I will ultimately be sharing the results, but the habitual readers of &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/11/survey-the-people/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Futuristic Physicists?</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/futuristic-physicists/</link>
		<comments>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/futuristic-physicists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/?p=1275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One day, sitting around with a group of undergraduate physics students, I listened as one made the bold statement: &#8220;If it can be imagined, it can be done.&#8221; The others nodded in agreement. It sounded like wisdom. It took me &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/futuristic-physicists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Science is a Conveyor of Bad News</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/when-science-brings-bad-news/</link>
		<comments>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/when-science-brings-bad-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/?p=1257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Science is a phenomenal institution. Sometimes I can&#8217;t believe we created this construct that works so incredibly well. It manages to convert human imperfections into a remarkably robust machine that has aided our growth juggernaut. Yet science seeks truth, and &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/when-science-brings-bad-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Energy-Water Nexus</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/the-energy-water-nexus/</link>
		<comments>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/the-energy-water-nexus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/?p=1242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The principal challenge of this century, in my view, will be adapting to a life without abundant, cheap fossil fuels. It has been the lifeblood of our society, and turns out to have some really fantastic qualities. The jury is &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/10/the-energy-water-nexus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blow-by-Blow PV System Efficiency: A Case Study for Storage</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/09/blow-by-blow-pv-system-efficiency/</link>
		<comments>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/09/blow-by-blow-pv-system-efficiency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/?p=1219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A short while back, I described my standalone (off-grid) urban photovoltaic (PV) energy system. At the time, I promised a follow-up piece evaluating the realized efficiency of the system. What was I thinking? The resulting analysis is a lot of &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/09/blow-by-blow-pv-system-efficiency/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rocking the AC</title>
		<link>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/09/rocking-the-ac/</link>
		<comments>http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/09/rocking-the-ac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tmurphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes up in casual conversation that I do not generally heat or cool my house, people either move to another seat or look at me with some mixture of admiration and disbelief. When non-Californians then find out that &#8230; <a href="http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/09/rocking-the-ac/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>54</slash:comments>
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