As We Now Think
Reflections, commentary and analysis from Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University.
Category Archives: Energy
Fishing for bacteria: A step into the biofuel world
Recent ASU graduate Travis McKnight explains the potential of biofuels and how it could benefit society.
The Navajo Water Hunt
Latasha Ball and Eric Kennedy, students of CSPO faculty member Gregg Zachary, provide a revealing glimpse of two parallel technological systems in the Navajo nation in northern Arizona. Both systems deliver water to people, but in very different ways. In this video, Ball narrates the story of how many Navajo obtain water to meet their daily needs.
Energy Technology Breakthroughs in Context
PhD student Miles Brundage believes we shouldn’t put too much faith in finding a technological miracle to solve climate change, or any societal problem.
Modern Day Yei T’soh
Alaina George, a CSPO alum and member of the Navajo Nation, discusses the history and the future of the Navajo and energy.
Growing Up Navajo, Near a Mine
This essay, by an ASU undergraduate, explores the human dimensions of socio-technical systems, and their contradictions, as seen through a single life. The writer, LaTasha Ball, grew up and was educated on the Navajo reservaton in northern Arizona. She is beginning an immersive field project on the intersection of water, power and the Navajo.
The Little Engine That Could
When it came to decreasing carbon emissions, for years the United States was the “little engine that couldn’t.” Now times have changed and CSPO associate director Clark A. Miller says there are things the public can do to continue this decrease in carbon emissions.
The Renewable Nuclear Redux
Can renewable energies suffer the same fate as nuclear? In this post for As We Now Think, CSPO research associate Chad Monfreda compares the public image of nuclear and renewable energy and warns about the need for public support in order to have renewable energy succeed.
Cool It About Cooling
The Arizona summer heat combined with a recent article in the New York Times by Elisabeth Rosenthal has CSPO associate director Clark Miller defending air conditioning.
