Here’s a video that’s doing very well on Facebook—and for a good reason: it’s a reminder of how selfless and generous people can be with perfect strangers in the time of a crisis (in this case, 9/11). I hope you’ll …
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This incredible video, less than a minute long, is one of the most beautiful and inspiring pieces I’ve ever seen. Enjoy.
To facilitate North America’s coming together to clean up its electricity grid, President Obama is about to announce the partnership that the U.S. is making with Canada and Mexico. The goal: 50% clean energy by 2025, facilitated by transmitting large …
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A reader commented on my post In Choosing Among Various Approaches to Energy, Politics Is a Very Big Deal that I support political action involving an ideological/moral campaign to prevent the eating of red meat. I suppose that would be a decent …
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At 2GreenEnergy, we have a tendency to get so wrapped up pushing for climate change mitigation that we lose focus on other diseases that our civilization has contracted. Here’s something I came upon this morning that reflects a fear that …
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Frequent commenter MarcoPolo scolds me for my post on Examining the Validity of Different Energy Resources: “One thing that will not be useful in the development of future sources of power generation is cheap and inane partisan political jibes.” …
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The future always looks like the past—until it looks like something else altogether. That’s a good thing to keep in mind, as it’s a reassuring reminder of how quickly things change, and how grossly inaccurate most trend analyses almost always …
It’s the 60th anniversary of the signing of U.S. President Eisenhower’s Federal Highway Act, which established the Interstate Highway System. On this occasion, let’s note a few aspects of the project that bear mentioning in the context of our modern-day …
The U.S. Highway System Is More Than Just a Few Thousand Miles of Macadam Read More »
At 2GreenEnergy, we routinely remind readers of the ideas put forth by the contemporary and historical political philosophers, insofar as, in general, their thoughts have great import on some of today’s most critical issues. We all have a great deal …
Those looking for an excuse to celebrate something today may wish to check out yesterday’s unanimous decision made by the Oakland City Council to ban the handling and storage of coal in a marine terminal under development at the former …
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