Question: What country just became the world’s first to reduce VMT with free public transportation?
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Does This Really Work for Trump?
It is understandable that this tweet, like all the others, is an attempt on Trump’s part to play to his base, but this is so inane and mean-spirited that it’s hard to believe that base is on board with the …
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Climate Change and Morality
Here’s a scholarly article in The Economist that discusses the morality of climate change mitigation. Not surprisingly, it comes down to the question: What value do we place on the lives of other people, in particular, young people and the …
Electrifying Everything and Cleaning the Grid-Mix
It’s useful to think about the phase-out of fossil fuels in favor of renewables in three steps:
As Americans, Who Are We?
I’m not sure which I like better: the meme here, or this quote from Mark Twain, “Patriotism is the act of believing your country is the greatest country in the world based on nothing more than the fact that you …
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Using Logic in Understanding Present-Day Politics
As Aristotle pointed out 2300 years ago in his law of non-contraction, two thoughts that oppose one another cannot both be true. Given that, consider the following two assertions:
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Reason for Optimism in the Shift to Low-Carbon Energy
As previously noted, our civilization has the technology to mitigate climate change and avert the catastrophe that’s coming our way if we don’t take action. The issue is scale; decarbonizing our energy and improving our land management will require political …
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Why the U.S. Is Taking a Shellacking on the World Stage
Fox News’ Chris Wallace had an interesting exchange with Sarah Huckabee Sanders the other day, in which Wallace called BS on the White House claim that 4000 terrorists are pouring across the southern border. Wallace pointed out, “State Department says …
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Notes on the Tech Sector from Fritz Maffry
It’s always good to get Fritz’s perspective; here’s another installment. – Craig Five years ago key elements were on positive roadmaps; now the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will display impactful and fantastic results Looking back in time, it was clear something …
Wall Street Journal: Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record
A popular song from the 1980s began, “I believe the children are our future…” Wouldn’t you like to interview the lyricist and ask his reasoning? He might have thought: well, at first I wrote, “I believe that the old people …
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