From this article: Sales of plant-based versions of wings, burgers, and meatballs have risen by double digits over the past year — and sales of plant-based Italian sausage have skyrocketed by 416 percent.
Author: craigshields
Solar in the Southeast
(More legible version of graphic below) Frequent commenter Craig McManus, a solar installer in the Southeastern U.S. near the point that Alabama, Georgia and Florida meet, writes in: The benefits of not penalizing solar energy:
Electrifying Pick-Up Trucks
Here’s an excerpt from an article in AutoNews on Nissan’s move to sell electric pick-up trucks here in the U.S., along with a few comments. “Engineers at Nissan are working to electrify the company’s pickups, joining a growing field of …
Volcanoes and CO2 Emissions
This incredibly beautiful pyroclastic cloud from last year’s eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily calls to mind an element from climate change deniers’ disinformation campaigns, namely that volcanoes release more CO2 into the atmosphere than human activities, and thus mitigation …
Tagged with: automotive and industrial activities cause some 24 billion tons of CO2 emissions every year worldwide, climate change deniers' disinformation campaigns, climate change mitigation strategies, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), volcanoes release more CO2 into the atmosphere than human activities
Kurds Watch Homes Burn
It’s possible that we’ll never know the reason that Trump ignored the Pentagon and left U.S. Kurdish allies to run or die in Northern Syria. There must have been some perceived value for him, but what could it have been?
Koch Industries Lobbying Up 20% This Year, Aiming To Kill Clean Car Policies
Lobbying by Koch Industries is up by almost 20 percent compared to this time last year, according to the mandatory disclosure forms linked above. Makes sense, given that Democrats took control of the House, as the Green New Deal entered …
Koch Industries Lobbying Up 20% This Year, Aiming To Kill Clean Car Policies Read More »
Greed and Stupidity Really ARE Taking Their Toll, But…..
As if I have any right to suggest a correction to the words of the great Stephen Hawking, I would replace “will” with “could.” As many terrors as we observe every day that derive from some blend of greed and …
Greed and Stupidity Really ARE Taking Their Toll, But….. Read More »
Generating Electricity from Moonlight
Here’s an article that claims, “En términos simples, así es como funciona: la esfera se llena de agua que magnifica los rayos del sol en más de 10.000 veces, por lo que es posible generar energía de la luna,” which …
Tagged with: incident power from a full moon
Electric Auto Racing
This guy goes from 0 – 60 in 1.69 seconds, which sounds like it might be a somewhat painful experience for the driver. In any case, it makes one wonder why EVs don’t take over auto racing. One would think …
Tagged with: Electric Auto Racing
California Isn’t Perfect, But It’s Doing Quite Well, Thanks Very Much
I get emails from people all over the country who want me to know that California, via its “oppressive” environmental regulations, is driving people, and especially businesses, out of state.
