Question: OK, Americans, if you had to do it on your own, how would you rank the 50 states in terms of education? An old friend who went to college with me in Connecticut boasts that the state of our …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Ouch! Watch Those Analogies!
Question: What are the two most obvious problems with the logic in the meme here? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: The logic used by anti-vaxxers isn’t too strong.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Adapting To Climate Change
Question: We all have a sense that climate disasters with devastating effects are on the rise. Between 1980 and 2019, the United States experienced an average of 6.5 disasters per year that cost at least $1 billion. What has been …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: U.S. Coal Consumption
Question: 2019 was the first year the U.S. consumed more renewable energy than coal since what year? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Hint: Burning wood was the main energy resource until the advent of electricity, at …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Perpetual Motion
Question: The first and second laws of thermodynamics conspire to make perpetual motion impossible. But suppose you’re like me, and you like to examine claims like the one below and identify precisely where they fall apart. What’s the exact reason …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: What Is It?
Question: What’s shown in the photo here? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Auto Emissions Rollback
Question: When’s the best time to roll back auto emission standards that protect public health and save people money? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Removing Scientists from the Federal Government
Question: During its first two years in office, how many federal scientists has the administration removed? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: A key aspect of the Trump administration’s campaign to rescind environmental regulations that force big …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Energy–Tesla Motors
Question: Part of what makes Tesla so successful is their vast network of super-charging stations. What record did they just break in terms of numbers? (Hint: It’s a multiple of 5,000.) Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Electric Transportation in Norway
Question: What percentage of all cars sold in Norway last year were battery-electric? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
