Some people think that Trump always wins, but that’s fallacious. It’s true that he has always won (in the past), but, to use an analogy, every team is undefeated until it loses its first game. Nixon had plenty of congressional …
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Readers who wish to learn more about the workings of electric motors will enjoy this video, which explores the idea of an electric V8 engine. Its creator asks: “Is an electric V8 engine a good idea?” The answer for someone …
Warning: In just 50 years, we went from Jimmy Carter, a man of honor, to Donald Trump. We need to re-elevate our moral sensibilities.
Here’s an article on the use of EVs as a tool to power our homes and/or send electricity back to the grid. My comments are in italics. A study by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute shows how electric vehicles (EVs) could double …
Here’s Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman’s recent column in the New York Times addressing the oft-discussed issue: Are efforts to achieve environmental sustainability necessarily damaging to the strength of the economy? As usual, as we dig deeper into subjects like …
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Is it possible that this is a more complicated issue than the way it’s framed here? If you want to ignore all the technological, economic, and political issues associated with renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuels (coal in this case), and …
Perhaps the only advantage to living in the 21st Century is the expanse of technology that extends our lifespans, while making our existences healthier, more productive, and more rewarding. Ironically, we Americans are actually retrogressing when it comes to the …
If the next four years in U.S. politics is simply a reprise of Trump’s first presidency with its ignorance of world affairs, petty corruption, profound indifference to the well-being of the common American, rejection of science, its overt racism, and …
Astrophysicist Brian Greene makes an excellent point here, but I’m not holding my breath. In the brief (15-year) period of time since the launch of 2GreenEnergy, our public education standards have continued to deteriorate, while our kids’ interest in science …
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I agree with all this, with the exception of “disorder.” Capitalism is extremely well ordered. Those old enough to remember the movie “Wall Street” with its character Gordon Gecko, played by Michael Douglas, will recall the talk he gave to …
