Ideas

These are all my good ideas and bad. I recommend you start with my favorite ideas. Or try doing a search. My ideas are sprinkled everywhere like seeds and some grow up to be books.

A leaf of basil back lit by the sun and full of colorful sparkles.

How to measure atmospheric oxygen depletion

This article is more for scientists and field researchers. A practical step forward in determining global oxygen depletion rates. A conclusion to decades of research.

Scott Stoll 2022-02-03

A man wearing a gas mask watches television in a smoggy dystopian world.

How long before the Earth runs out of oxygen?

Have you ever wondered how much breathable air is on Earth? And if we will ever run out? Our atmosphere is paper-thin relative to a basketball, and we use its oxygen to power internal combustion engines, like planes, trains and automobiles, and there is a 60% chance that the electricity you are using to read this post came from fossil fuels combined with oxygen.

Scott Stoll 2022-02-02

How much oxygen does a tree produce

How much oxygen do plants produce?

I calculate how much oxygen a tree breathes and how much excess oxygen a tree produces in three different ways. Spoiler alert: It’s not a lot.

Scott Stoll 2022-01-27

The song of global oxygen depletion. Art by @Stevenmarkperry.

10 reasons why global oxygen measurements may be wrong

Ten reasons why we might be measuring oxygen in the atmosphere wrong. And how global oxygen depletion may be a hidden driver of climate change.

Scott Stoll 2021-12-09

Two boats in cerulean blue water

Overcome Depression with Travel

Guest Post by Manish: Sometimes taking a break from your daily routine is the best way to get perspective on your life. Here are some tips on how travel may be the refresher course on life that you need.

Guest Author 2021-12-07

Calvin's final resting spot under a tree in the backyard.

Sacrificing physical health for mental health

Time for an update on my progress of losing weight while literally doing nothing. A sad update leads to renewed motivation. I also added a few new rules to try, like: Put down the spoon in between bites.

Scott Stoll 2021-11-21

A pile of diet and fitness books. Comparing and contrasting them is the beginning of a mindfulness diet.

The Do-Nothing Diet

My first life experiment will be about a topic that seems commonplace: how to lose weight. Here I try a variation of a mindfulness diet. I call it the Do-Nothing Diet. Can I lose weight by literally doing nothing?

Scott Stoll 2021-07-09

A dramatic picture of water droplets (clouds). A metaphor for the mass of oxygen on Earth.

How much oxygen is in the atmosphere?

I demonstrate how to calculate the mass of oxygen in the atmosphere. And I talk about ten reasons why the accepted values may be wrong.

Scott Stoll 2021-06-07

Bahamas. Pink sand beaches, turquoise sea and deep blue sky.

The benefits of depression

It sounds like a contradiction, but consider depression a practice problem for life’s bigger challenges. Learn how to put depression into perspective.

Scott Stoll 2021-05-07

A photograph of cut out fish hanging from ropes. The ropes divide the picture into thirds. A variation of the Law of Thirds.

How to achieve success with only 1/3 of the solution

I call this concept “The rule of thirds.” We can use this rule to help us find alternate solutions or judge whether we are achieving success with the one solution we are using.

Scott Stoll 2021-05-05

Bahamas. Sunrise. Pink sand beaches.

You can’t be depressed when you’re impressed

We talk about whether depression is in the mind or the body. And, another tool to help you feel better before you even know you need to feel better.

Scott Stoll 2021-04-15

Natural gas stove burning blue.

How much oxygen is consumed by fossil fuels per year?

What if the driver of climate change is NOT carbon dioxide but oxygen depletion? See the math to compare CO2 emissions to oxygen burned.

Scott Stoll 2021-03-19