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The Preponderance of Electric Vehicles and the Availability of Green Electricity
Theodore Modis
The main advantage of electric vehicles, namely, their non-polluting operation, is compromised when the electricity they use comes from burning fossil fuels. The number of electric…
American society keeps a lid on the number of deaths from guns and car accidents but not from mass shootings
Theodore Modis
The number of deaths from car accidents and from the unlawful use of guns can be described by logistic growth curves. The annual rates of both have traced completed logistic trajec…
Forecasting the Mix of World Energy Needs by mid-21st Century
Theodore Modis
The logistic function is used to forecast energy consumed worldwide. The logistic substitution model is used to describe the energy mix since 1965 presenting a picture significantl…
Links between Entropy, Complexity, and the Technological Singularity
Theodore Modis
Entropy always increases monotonically in a closed system but complexity increases at first and then decreases as equilibrium is approached. Commonsense information-related definit…
A Hard-Science Approach to Kondratieff's Economic Cycle
Theodore Modis
In an effort to evidence the Kondratieff cycle more scientifically than the way economists do, physical variables are studied rather than monetary indicators. Previously published…
Forecasting Energy Needs with Logistics
Theodore Modis
The logistic function is used to forecast energy consumed worldwide and oil production in the U.S. The logistic substitution model is used to describe the energy mix since 1965 pre…