Welcome to Craindog

CRAINDOG is a general-purpose site for posting our favorite quotes, pics and articles or scheduling use of the boat.  Friends and family are welcome to use the site as long as I have it.  Let me know if you'd like an account.

This site is dedicated to THE craindog, Cleo.  She is a loyal and valued member of our family.  It's a shame that she can't read this.  I don't even think she cares about the pictures either.  Oh well, here’s to you Cleo girl!

Stuff of Interest

Agriculture In A Post-Oil Economy

The decline in the world’s oil supply offers no sudden dramatic event that would appeal to the writer of "apocalyptic" science fiction: no mushroom clouds, no flying saucers, no giant meteorites. The future will be just like today, only tougher. Oil depletion is basically just a matter of overpopulation — too many people and not enough resources. The most serious consequence will be a lack of food. The problem of oil therefore leads, in an apparently mundane fashion, to the problem of farming.

Magnet Motors Powered by Electron Spin?

Former College Dean puts forth a model to describe how the energy in magnet motors is generated from the electron spin that maintains the magnetism, and that it is essentially an atomic force at work -- not energy from nowhere.

New Studies Back Benefits of Organic Diet

Organic foods protect children from the toxins in pesticides, while foods grown using modern, intensive agricultural techniques contain fewer nutrients and minerals than they did 60 years ago, according to two new scientific studies.

Widescale Biodiesel Production from Algae

This paper (by Michael Briggs, University of New Hampshire, Physics Department) examins the possibilities of producing biodiesel on the scale necessary to replace all petroleum transportation fuels in the U.S.