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.
Author: craigshields
America Needs to Reach an End of its Downward Slide
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Vehicle-to-Grid
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 …
The Health of the Economy and Environmental Responsibility
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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If Green Energy Works …. ?
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 …
Contesting the Legitimacy of Vaccinations
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 …
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The Next Four Years in the United States
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 …
Culturally, the U.S. Is Turning Even Further Away from Science
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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Capitalism’s Pros and Cons
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 …
MAGA Americans Are Getting Hurt–and Badly
As suggested at left, the confluence of Donald Trump and tens of millions of totally ignorant Americans is having horrific consequences for essentially everyone on this planet, but especially for the aforementioned tens of millions of totally ignorant Americans who …
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Biodegradable Plastics
Here’s an investment “opportunity” for people who don’t understand that: 1) Biodegradable plastic has been the object of scientists’ attention for at least half a century. 2) “Water-soluble” plastic faces a number of challenges, one of which is based on …
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