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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2332: The Automobile in 1915

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 26, 2022 · Episode: 2332 Learning who we were in 1915 by looking at automobiles. Today, the automobile in transition.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2770: Building the Mustang

Posted on November 22, 2023 · Episode: 2770 Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker, remembers the P-51 Mustang. Developing the P-51 Mustang fighter.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2909: Renewable Energy

Posted on September 20, 2023 · Episode: 2909 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Providing Renewable Energy, A Comparison of Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Lithium Ion Battery. Today, a neat way to get energy.

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Texas grid will continue to struggle until state laws change, expert warns

Posted on September 7, 2023 · ERCOT issued an Energy Emergency Alert Level 2 on Sept. 6, meaning there was less than 2,000 megawatts of spare capacity left on the state’s grid. The warning came after ERCOT reported 10 new all-time peak demand records this summer.

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Houston Matters

Canceling high school football for academic reasons: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 25, 2023 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

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