Victor McFarland
@vmcfarland.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Missouri. Studying energy history and U.S. foreign relations.
My chapter deals with non-military uses of U.S. nuclear explosives via Project Plowshare in the 1950s-70s. Plans included digging canals and artificial harbors, and boosting oil & gas production (like fracking but with a bigger bang), which posed serious water contamination risks.
July 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
My chapter deals with non-military uses of U.S. nuclear explosives via Project Plowshare in the 1950s-70s. Plans included digging canals and artificial harbors, and boosting oil & gas production (like fracking but with a bigger bang), which posed serious water contamination risks.
Thanks, Kate — I’m so glad you could join us!
April 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Thanks, Kate — I’m so glad you could join us!
HIV is believed to have spilled over in early 1900s. The first (retrospectively) verified cases are from 1960s, but it had been around for a while at that point. There's interesting historical epidemiology on this, incl. re: colonial Léopoldville/Kinshasa as center of early transmission.
March 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
HIV is believed to have spilled over in early 1900s. The first (retrospectively) verified cases are from 1960s, but it had been around for a while at that point. There's interesting historical epidemiology on this, incl. re: colonial Léopoldville/Kinshasa as center of early transmission.
Great article -- taught it in my energy history seminar last semester!
December 21, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Great article -- taught it in my energy history seminar last semester!
I don't have numbers at hand, but I bet the arrival of big New Deal dams, like Grand Coulee, brought down electric rates for people nearby. (It definitely did for industry.) In this speech Harry Truman praises "the energy of our rivers put to use as power and sold to the people at cost."
Address at the Dedication of the Grand Coulee Dam | Harry S. Truman
May 11, 1950 THANK YOU, Senator Magnuson. I didn't know I was that good. I appreciate very much the cordial words of welcome from Governor Langlie. I am more than happy to see so many Governors and ex...
www.trumanlibrary.gov
December 9, 2024 at 5:17 AM
I don't have numbers at hand, but I bet the arrival of big New Deal dams, like Grand Coulee, brought down electric rates for people nearby. (It definitely did for industry.) In this speech Harry Truman praises "the energy of our rivers put to use as power and sold to the people at cost."
HVAC installs are down generally. @shannonosaka.bsky.social had a good article about this. High interest rates don't help, plus HVAC systems get replaced on a c. 15-year cycle. We're 15 years from 2009 -- not a lot of new homes were being built then, so not many HVAC systems to replace now.
Heat pumps were supposed to help save the planet. But they’ve run into a bump.
Heat pump sales, critical to the transition to clean energy, have slowed in the U.S. and Europe even as other clean energy technology continues to boom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:30 AM
HVAC installs are down generally. @shannonosaka.bsky.social had a good article about this. High interest rates don't help, plus HVAC systems get replaced on a c. 15-year cycle. We're 15 years from 2009 -- not a lot of new homes were being built then, so not many HVAC systems to replace now.
I won't be at ESEH, but I wish I could attend this panel -- it sounds great!
October 9, 2024 at 9:51 PM
I won't be at ESEH, but I wish I could attend this panel -- it sounds great!