The innocent tranquility of this beautiful young indigenous boy in Northern Brazil belies the violence being inflicted on this region and its occupants. As noted here: Attacks against indigenous people in the Amazon have spiked since Bolsonaro came to office. …
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Symbol of Peace and Reason Require a Change in Perspective
Occasionally it’s nice to acknowledge people who create beautiful things, which the reasoning behind this atta-boy for Pedro Reyes. What you see here is, according to Reyes, a matter of shifting perspective.
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Autonomous Transportation
My colleague Jon LeSage serves as editor and publisher of Green Auto Market, which tracks the business of green cars, fuels, and technologies. He also serves as Automotive Editor, Green Initiatives at Automotive Digest and writes for Autoblog Green. He …
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Greta Thunberg and Climate Change Mitigation
A reader sent me this “open letter to Greta Thunberg”: “The apocalyptic world vision you hold has been a strip landing for those who have hated progress throughout history. Your apocalyptic predictions have been made for millennia, and, we’re still …
Charitable Giving: Turimiquire Foundation Sends 93 Cents of Every Dollar To People in Need
The chart here says a lot. FWIW, here’s what I do with my charitable dollars. Sure, like many of readers here at 2GreenEnergy, I’m a dues-paying member of the Sierra Club, Amnesty International and a couple of others along these …
New Zealand Does the Right Thing–Again and Again
What did New Zealand do following two mosque shootings? It banned military-style semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. It didn’t ask permission of the NRA. It simply took immediate action to protect its people.
Making America Great Again
I’m told that it’s gauche to make comparisons between Trump and Hitler. Whatever. In any case, the author of this meme certainly makes a good point; that’s precisely what these Germans believed. The irony of all this is that Trump …
Inductive (Wireless/Plugless) Electric Vehicle Charging
Inductive EV charging certainly has its place. Suppose you have a fleet of buses that do nothing but take people from your hotel to the airport and vice versa, with dedicated short-term parking spaces at both ends. Having stationary charging …
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Where Trump Came From
We’ve been discussing where Trump is going, and I’m the first to admit that it’s anyone’s guess. How he got here, however, is quite clear; in fact, it’s summarized in the content of the meme here. Since 1980, the vast …
Yes, We’re Divided, and Yes, We’re Likely To Stay That Way
I’d love to believe what former GOP strategist Steve Schmidt says here about the future, but I actually don’t. About 40% of American voters think that the present-day Republican platform is just fine. Where is the mechanism by which this …
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