I’ve been blogging now for 13 years on all sorts of things; there were jokes, essays, politics, science, hydrogen.. I find that many of them are still relevant, though I would change most of them if they were to be written today. My first post was against the very high Detroit, MI minimum wage that was supposed to help black folks, but that I claimed ruined their city and their lives, and basically guaranteed corruption. I’d get back to this topic every now and again, but he problem has moved to LA and Puerto Rico. The last few Detroit mayors have eschewed this scam, to the benefit of the city.

Another topic I write about is engineering, like why the sky was blue, and why nuclear power makes lots of sense — and about hydrogen thermodynamics, or diffusion, or purification, or hydrogen cars being better than battery EVs.

MY opinion on hydrogen is still very high, though my opinion of hydrogen cars has soured in the past few years. There is infrastructure, and the cars themselves have improved, especially the batteries. There is now a good argument to be made that EVs make sense, especially for those who own their own home and who travel more than 500 miles per week. Meanwhile the customer base for hydrogen cars is only as a range extender.

I wrote disparagingly about global warming, arguing that Al Gore’s, Nobel prize winning claims were vastly exaggerated.. The arctic was supposed to be ice free by 2015 according to 98% of experts agreed (it’s things like that the ding the credibility of experts). I’d also argued that warmer was better. I’m reminded of a quote from Ovid, a Roman author: “Omnia mutantur, nihil interit”. Everything changes, but nothing passes away. It’s not that I read Ovid regularly, but the quote had appeared, in a modified form, in the British comedy, “Yes Prime Minister.”

I’d posted that it was unlikely that the Ukraine war would be fast, and it has not been, but neither was it as destructive as I feared. I did not sink the German economy, as I thought.

There is a new Pope now with words of hope — delivered, in English at White Sox stadium. This t seems like a big improvement. We have another war with Islam; different but the same, and continued issues with China. And I’m learning Latin via Duolingo. (Cum Duolingo, studeo linguae latinae.)

Robert Buxbaum, June 19, 2025. My company’s main website has changed too, it’s switched to WordPress format, check out the new look.