Here are the results of a horrifically flawed study of rural regions in India that concludes that the availability of distributed solar energy fails to increase personal wealth. I’m always amused by experiments that prove nothing, or, in this case, …
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A friend who missed our 40-year reunion (at Trinity College in Hartford, CT) asked for my observations on the event. I responded: Here’s something worth mentioning:
Craig Shields, reporting from Hartford, CT, the home of Trinity College, where the class of 1977 is celebrating its 40th reunion. Thrilled to be here. The attendance at events like this is self-selecting; those who aren’t able to have a …
David Jonas was a year behind me (and several rungs ahead of me on the tennis ladder) when we attended the William Penn Charter School, an independent, K-12, Quaker institution in Philadelphia in the early 1970s. Now, President Trump has …
Re: the Trump presidency and his possible removal from office, a reader asks: Good grief, do you guys ever give up? Will you spend the next 1000 days, eagerly awaiting the fulfillment of your fantasy? I realize you don’t like …
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie of idyllic Buckinghamshire England (see pic if you doubt my claim) sent me this thoughtful piece on the EV adoption curve. I responded: I agree with the basic concept, i.e., that a slight drop in the …
A friend sent me this piece, suggesting that Trump is impervious to justice actions, and cannot be removed from office, regardless of what he’s done in the past or will do in the future.
An old friend (possibly an old ex-friend, if he reads this) who works as a building contractor forwarded this gem, an article suggesting that solar (as opposed to human) activity is the cause of global warming. Of course, this has …
Here’s a great video on how scientists actually measure climate change (as opposed to merely running computer-based models). I suppose the ideal audience for this is climate deniers who have an open mind and are receptive to ideas that challenge …
A reader sent me this piece in which U.S. Senator and 2016 presidential GOP hopeful Rand Paul rips into a scientist who warns of possible mass extinctions if we continue along our current course re: gloabl warming. Rand said: “The …
