Here’s one of those wonderful graphics that show how records are broken over time, in this case, top box-office grossing movies over the last 35 years.
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Trump Weighs in on the Enforcement of Rules/Laws
I normally steer clear of the routine, penny-ante garbage issuing from Trump in his attempts to rouse the rabble, but the tweet here warrants a comment.
Tagged with: Political Correctness
Environmentalism: Understanding the Issues
Here’s a regular feature called “Campaign Watch” from the American Energy Society’s weekly publication: A survey of 20 declared Democratic presidential candidates (and incumbent President Trump’s response) on climate change policy:
ExxonMobil’s Shareholders Revolt Over Handling of Climate Change
It’s common knowledge that numerous justice agencies, as well as the portion of the general public that stays abreast of these matters, is not at all happy with ExxonMobil. In particular, we have litigation coming down on the oil giant …
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Maine Says No To Styrofoam
It’s a shame that we need government to force us to do what’s right; ideally, businesses wouldn’t sell things that wreck the planet, and consumers wouldn’t buy them (and then litter them across the countryside). Having said that, we should all …
Tagged with: protect the environment
Examining Life’s Meaning
Pictured and quoted here, Rabindranath Tagore “was a Bengali polymath, poet, musician, and artist from the Indian subcontinent. He reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.” I’m going to take a moment and let what he wrote here …
Our Friends, the Saudis
Here’s a discussion on the subject of electric transportation. My friend Paul Scott, co-founder of Plug-In America, posted the photo here of two Yemenis, and challenged us to stop funding the brutality and terrorism that is the stock in trade …
Measuring the Loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet
At a dinner party a few years ago, I happened to be seated next to a senior scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL, in Pasadena, CA) who led a team of scientists that measures the declining thickness of the …
Concept in Hydrokinetics
If you’re tiring of my posts on asinine/fraudulent renewable energy concepts, skip this one. Contrast this water wheel concept in hydrokinetics against the photo above and see if you can see any difference. I love inventors who use terms like kilowatts per …
Tagged with: Hydrokinetics
Why High-Speed Rail Won’t Happen in the United States
It’s common for Americans traveling abroad to return home wondering why the U.S. has no high-speed rail. At 300 MPH, a trip from Los Angeles to the East Coast would take less than eight restful hours, free of turbulence, without …
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