David Radzieta notes: My LEAF turned 12 years old this month. The battery was replaced 8.5 years ago under warranty with a 24kwh Lizard battery. Still running at 85% battery capacity. If your family has multiple cars and you can …
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Ocean Plastic Waste
The American Energy Society reports: Almost all ocean plastic pollution (80%) enters via 1,000 rivers worldwide. For example, see this time lapsed video of Rio Dulce in Guatemala, which feeds into the Caribbean. This corroborates the idea that fishing this form of pollution out …
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What All These Guilty Pleas Mean
What’s the most obvious motive for the guilty pleas in the Fulton County, Georgia case against 19 defendants accused of conspiring to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election? It’s that these criminals wish to avoid time in …
Tagged with: convicting Donald Trump
This Concept in Sustainability Is Strictly for Show
Re: the meme here, a reader notes: I don’t understand why we need disposable silverware in such quantities. I carry a little container with me, it was a gift from a friend. It has a complete set of silverware in …
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Meat Actually IS Delicious
Anyone, regardless of his position on the consumption of animal meat–beef, pork, and the rest, has to admit that all this stuff tastes really good. The issue, of course, is that a meatless diet is healthier for the individual and …
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In Every Scenario….Trump’s “Totally Screwed?”
Great piece of graphic art here, but what about the content? Sure, it’s hard to imagine Trump’s successfully retaking the White House. But will our Justice Department have the integrity to incarcerate a man with a militant following of 50 …
Human Civilization in Danger
This from an old friend, now a vascular surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, writing on the dangers of autocratic and rogue governments coming to dominance. Recent article on China mentioned that with their economy in bad shape Xi is switching …
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Trump’s Character
Whether or not you believe in the bible and what it says about the Anti-Christ is immaterial. As my colleague Joe Spease says, Trump “checks the boxes.”
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What Orwell Said
Every time I see people watching a football game on TV I’m reminded of this quote. The planet is baking, a sociopathic criminal is leading in the polls to earn his party’s nomination for U.S. president, and the world is …
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Sugar Destroys Our Bodies, as Plastic Does Our Planet
I listened to a podcast featuring the former CEO of Pepsico, Indra Nooyi, hoping to hear her thoughts on some of her brands that are particularly potent in destroying our lives. Of course, the interviewer didn’t frame his questions so …
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