This article poses, and attempts to answer the question: “Why Is It Difficult to Get Christians to Care About the Earth?”
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Renewable Energy: Can We Get There?
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty is highly critical of this piece, which provides an ostensible roadmap to 100% renewable energy; his comments are here. My response: First, let’s acknowledge that there are optimistic people whose analyses are more rigorous.
Happy Belated Earth Day
As we oldsters celebrated Earth Day yesterday, our minds went back to 1970, at the height of the U.S. protest movement, and rising dissatisfaction with the environmental abuses of the modern world.
There Must Be a Reason for the Demise of the U.S. Education System, But What Could It Possibly Be?
Given the unassailable truth expressed here, it’s hard to understand why the Trump administration is taking a wrecking ball to public education. It’s almost as if the president and his political party stand to benefit from a population of ignorant …
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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.
Celebrating the Teachings of Christ at Easter
Easter is a good time to reflect on the content of the meme here. It’s a reminder that we’re surrounded by two entirely different groups of “Christians”–those who live according to His teachings, and those who live in the precise opposite …
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Things On Earth Are Changing Quickly
Most climate change deniers are the victims of deliberate disinformation campaigns that succeed in duping their victims with faulty information, like “scientists’ predictions have not been accurate.” This is simply incorrect; the predictions have, overall, been frighteningly accurate.
The Most Powerful Force Working Against Coal Isn’t Concern for Your Health
From this article on the death of coal-fired power plants: (Singapore-based) OCBC Bank, South-east Asia’s second-largest lender, said two Vietnamese coal-fired power plants will be the last it finances as it increases funding for renewable projects. “We won’t do any new …
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You Have More Power Than You Think
I love this. The forces of evil on this planet, and there are plenty of them, actively rely on the feeling of powerlessness that too many of us harbor. They are terrified of people who call them out for who …
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Another Climate Change “Gotcha”
As everyone knows, the history of humankind on this planet goes roughly like this:
