Here’s an interesting analysis of the fossil fuel industry from Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson, Director of Stanford’s Atmosphere/Energy Program and a professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Jacobson is best known for the contention that he’s been making for at …
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The story at left is an interesting one, and it has a certain intersection with my own experience. Here goes: When my daughter was young, she and I volunteered with a local charity that delivered groceries to the elderly and …
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There is no question that the Trump administration has launched a massive attack on free speech, but I take exception to the last line here, i.e., “It’s pretty obvious what comes next.” This battle for your mind will either emerge …
I would be surprised to learn that there is a single human being who’s had the opportunity to look back on the Earth from space who had any other reaction than that of American astronaut Edgar Mitchell (at left). This …
Let’s hope that the majority of Americans are following the drama that is playing itself out in the world today, as citizens in free countries everywhere are sickened to see what the United States has fashioned itself into under Trump’s …
It’s not completely fair to call our problem with plastic pollution “corporate.” Yes, Coke, Pepsi, Nestle, and the others are at least partly responsible, but we mustn’t excuse consumers who refuse to change their behavior. When I used to hold …
Watergate-era journalist Carl Bernstein makes a good observation at left. That was a point in time long before the GOP shot off into a zone of complete criminal insanity. When we hear boomers remark, “Ah, the 70s. Now that was …
Here’s a short video from Dave Chappelle that, in less than one minute, makes us laugh about our present-day politicians’ claims on the repatriation of American jobs. Worth your time.
If I were to ask 100 high school kids about what they know about solar PV and about this “breakthrough,” many of them would say, “Look, a photon either hits the array and dislodges an electron, or it passed through …
Perhaps a more fair rewrite to the question at left would be: “Why do the most powerful people in the United States strip resources from the most downtrodden?” Of course, extreme greed and cruelty isn’t limited to the U.S., though …
