I graduated from Colorado School of Mines (CSM), a state university, which currently educates about 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students per year. When I attended CSM during the late 1970s, it was half its current size. The only degrees offered were in mineral engineering and basic sciences …
“What Do You Do?”
Before the pandemic, I was invited to a two-day energy conference at the University of Texas. Various experts in energy spoke to a large audience of energy professionals. I was retired and enjoyed getting reacquainted with energy supply/demand projections, technological advancements, and …
It’s a Wonderful Life
My favorite Christmas movie is It’s a Wonderful Life which was released in 1946 to a war-weary nation and is considered one of the finest films ever produced. I first saw it during the Christmas holidays when I had small children and continued to watch it through the years during the Christmas …
Employment (Part II)
In my last blog, I described a recent drive through America’s heartland to visit relatives. “Along the way, we started to notice that many interstate fast-food restaurants were closed except for drive-thru service. We initially reasoned that local governments still imposed indoor Covid restrictions. …