User:Escientist

I am Larry Hartweg (Yes that is my real name - Google me if you are curious). I'm a second-generation energy research scientist, with three decades of related experience. U.S. Department of Energy has used me as an expert author and lecturer in the energy field. I've been involved with DOE since the original 1978 U.S. Solar Energy Tax Credits were in place. I created my first 5,000 sq.ft. Zero Energy Design® Home with solar-heated year-round indoor swimming pool in 1979. My work has been sponsored by Oak Ridge National Labs, and the U.S. Department of Energy for over 30 years.

I've been donating some of my accumulated knowledge to Wikipedia for the betterment of mankind. I believe that energy is one of the most important issues we now face, since it is closely linked to so many of the problems of humanity today.

I love the God who created the universe and entrusted Earth's Garden of Eden to our care. My popular websites include www.ZeroEnergyDesign.com, www.EmeraldEcoCity, and www.JoyfulAging.com

I strongly believe that "abundant energy in harmony with nature"® is an important solution for so many of the problems our planet now faces. I want to give back to society some valuable things from the bountiful gifts that I have received.

I used to be IBM's top executive-suite international consultant on large-scale advanced-technology real-time system integration. I have a background in leading-edge post-graduate Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University. I was a primary creator of the world’s most-successful IBM mainframe software system CICS, and I’ve concentrated on state-of-the-art zero-defect enterprise system scalability.

I've made my money - don't need to work, and now I'm "doin' my own thing" (self actualization - smile).

I'm also a health nut about nutrition, exercise, and mental aerobics. - Licensed pilot, former airplane / sail-and-power-boat owner, SCUBA diver, avid high-energy swing dancer, and improvisational comedian ("Techno Larry" as a hobby). I'm happily married to a wonderful wife (who is an engineer, pilot, and SCUBA diver like me).

My entire professional life, I've concentrated on content, and let others handle style. My companies have provided editors for my work.

I'll be glad to answer questions. I invite and appreciate specific CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, if you have any for me. (I don't respond well to unprofessional, immature, foolish, attacks about any subject, or non-specific vague Wikipedia tags with nothing in the discussion section.)

I've learned a great deal over the years from the feedback of others, but as I say and my Wikipedia ID implies, I'm a geeky scientist (nicknamed "The Googlish Guru of What To Do"). I am NOT a politician. I have strong opinions about some things that I have studied and done for many years, but as a scientist, I have always been taught to have an open mind. “Lifelong learning in an ever-expanding universe of endless possibilities.”

If you have a preferred way for me to communicate with you, please let me know. I have unlimited North American telephone service, if you have a qualified technical reason to talk. Ask me what time it is, and I may tell you how to build a better atomic clock, or explain the implications of relativity. (Chuckle)

I think that Wikipedia has the potential of significant value, IF it is properly edited by subject matter experts. I am deeply concerned about poor Wikipedia demographics.

In some cases, Wikipedia is a young man's testerone battle. Only 12% of contributions are made by women. In the field of scientific research, some of the best contributions have been made by women, but Wikipedia's adolescent male behavior apparently turns them off and quickly drives them away. 1/4 of contributors are under age - many are valdals. Only a very small percent of Wikipedia contributors are over 30 years of age (like me) - subject matter experts (SME's) at the peak of their intellectual capability. Immature aggorant editing by young unqualified competitive males has driven many SME's away from Wikipedia. IF these trends are not reverse, Wikipedia will never reach its potential for worldwide good. Wikipedia needs more adult supervision.

Some Wikipedia contributors have said that the reason that they spend so much time editing is that they are being paid to do so (not by Wikipedia, but by lobbyists who want to insert their bias into the free encyclopedia). One way to identify such biased editors is to look at their contributions. If the spend 50 hours a week on Wikipedia, and they stick to a narrow field of information - often deleting input from SME's, then their bias has been documented - AND SHOULD BE DEALT WITH BY ADULTS.