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Fog-to-Water Project Followup
By Dave Cook, LG, CPG – Mar 21, 2013
Here's a followup to my earlier Field Note, "UW Student Design Teams Look to Convert Fog to Water."  Sometimes when you volunteer and mix with interesting, smart people, you fall into something very cool. Through my relationships with University of Washington professors Susan Bolton and...
A Geologist's Thoughts about Minerals: More than Gold
By Dave Cook, LG, CPG – Feb 8, 2013
This recent news release from the USGS got my attention. Why? First the USGS’ title: “U.S. Nonfuel Mineral Production Increases for Third Straight Year.” I thought, who other than a geologist would even read this article? But being a geologist, I did read it on my bus ride to work...
Conserve Energy, Money and Climate, One Light Bulb at a Time
By Dave Cook, LG, CPG – Dec 20, 2012
We waste stuff. Or more positively, we are at a point where there is HUGE opportunity to be more efficient. The investment in science and engineering knowledge over the past couple decades has the potential to save us millions of dollars, and BTUs of energy, simply through smarter design and...
The Perfect Light Bulb
By Dave Cook, LG, CPG – Dec 18, 2012
The great thing about working with scientists and engineers? The random email that makes you just say, “wow.” As a geologist, you’d wonder why I’m writing about a light bulb. However, a geologist tends to think about the materials and energy necessary for creating objects. Those...
Tapping the Hidden Energy Supply that’s Right Underfoot
By Dave Cook, LG, CPG – Nov 19, 2012
In “Energy Underfoot,” author Steve Moddemeyer, a Seattle colleague who works for Collins Woerman, calls sewer heat recovery a new renewable energy market and says the King County Wastewater Treatment Division in Seattle (WA) is leading the way. I found this particularly interesting, especially...

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