Here’s a pictorial depiction of the state of the swamp that is the United States federal government. In each case, the person tasked with protecting a given function such that it serves the people is someone who spent his/her career …
Tag: corporatocracy
Is Civilization Going Down for the Count?
Regarding one of my more cynical posts, a commenter writes: Craig, things seem to cycle in and cycle out thru societies over history. It looks like we are seeing a recycling of Oliver Cromwell and his idiot round-heads are in power in …
U.S. Government: Restoring Integrity, Removing Corruption
In response to my post: Are We Ready for the Next Step in the Evolution Toward (Or Away From) Eco-Consciousness?, frequent commenter Chris writes: I am equally concerned about too much government as I am about too little government. Too …
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Building Energy Policy on Facts, Not Dollars
Here’s a well-written article that contains a great deal of truth. Many environmentalists take knee-jerk positions, often rooted in an incomplete and self-serving view of the relevant science, and these positions can ultimately do more harm to the environment than …
Tagged with: Citizens United, coal-fired power plants, corporatocracy, energy subsidies, environment, environmentalists, genetically modified food, Glenn Doty, global climate change, global warming, GMOs, mega-corporations, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, Monsanto, nuclear energy, shale gas, solar energy, solar power, U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United”, Wind Energy, wind power, Windfuels
Changing the World for the Better
As legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken points out in the lecture to which I referred here, there are now over 200,000 groups on the planet devoted to causes within the umbrella of sustainability and humanitarianism. So, when we contemplate the challenges …
Tagged with: car micro-rentals, car-sharing, compromising national security, corporatocracy, eco-consciousness, energy solutions, environment, environmentalist, humanitarianism, more mass transit, oil companies, oil industry, Paul Hawken, promoting walking and bicycling, ride-sharing, sustainability, vehicle miles traveled, VMT
PBS Special: Civilization – The West and the Rest
I heartily recommend the PBS special: “Civilization: The West and the Rest,” which does a fine job in analyzing the six “killer apps” that resulted in the dominance of the Western culture over the remainder of the world. They are: …
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Tagged with: Civilization: The West and the Rest, consumerism, corporatocracy, development of science, dominance of Western culture, eco-devastation, erosion of the middle class, externalities of oil, extinction of species, extreme weather events, food shortages, global climate change, global warming, modern medicine, ownership of property, PBS special, political and economic competition, population growth, reduction in biodiversity, rising power of mega-corporations, water shortages, weakening of democracy, work ethic
Environmental Radicals and Pragmatists
I just edited a 15-page article on sustainability a friend had written for publication in a magazine. I thought it was really good, and, in addition to my complimentary remarks on his writing, I mentioned that, in terms of environmentalism, that …
