Author: craigshields

The subject of energy storage is like anything else in technology: lots of entrants of completely different types that, over time are winnowed down, and ultimately, the “winners win and the losers lose.”  What happens next is that the losers …

Flywheels as Energy Storage Read More »

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Here’s a woman with a tattoo that reminds us that about 45% of our countrymen have joined a cult of ignorance and hate, and another 5% are in another, closely related cult: one of selfishness and greed. Both vote for …

What Americans’ Tattoos Signify Read More »

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From a reader, with my comments below: So, I started this sentence with ‘so’! And I followed up by starting another with a conjunction. But do I care? There are many people who object to these practices, condemning them as …

Question on Grammar Read More »

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I’m not a billionaire, let alone one with the net worth of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, so maybe I’m the wrong guy to ask, but I would say that the answer to the question that this young man raises …

Why Mars? Read More »

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At left are the words of U.S. representative Adam Schiff.  Sure, conservatives view Schiff as some sort of blend of the anti-Christ and Karl Marx, but doesn’t he have a point here? Didn’t the American people have a right to have …

What the American People Need to Take Away from Trump’s Flipping Off the U.S. Justice Department Read More »

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When people like Ramaswamy are taken to be serious candidates to become president of the United States, it can only be because the people they’re speaking to are morons. It’s a grotesque truth–but one we’re forced to accept.  

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The author of this meme asks a very good question–one I would love to have answered before I check out of here. If you surveyed everyone who voted against Trump, I think you’ve find four prevalent responses: • Trump has …

Trump and U.S. Foreign Relations Read More »

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Perhaps there were times in U.S. history when government failed the people in a way that was not too different from what we have today.  I heard recently that the robber-barons of the late 19th Century were so corrupt that …

Haunted by Disappointment Read More »

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This photo appears to have been taken about the same year I was these kids’ age, ca. 1965.  It depicts white and black school students , all standing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. What made this generation “the best?”  …

Which Generation of Americans Was “The Best?” Read More »

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Trump plans to nominate Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and environmental policy skeptic, to be the next energy secretary.  Wright plans to slow the process of phasing out fossil fuels in favor of renewables, and is perhaps best known for …

Concerned About “Dirty Energy?” Read More »

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