My mom occasionally mentions that the blog here has a tendency to be repetitive, and there’s no arguing that. After all, there are only a few main impediments to humankind’s living longer, healthier, more just, more satisfying lives on a …
Author: craigshields
Small Wind
Here’s an interesting video that compares small wind (<50 KW) with solar for the typical homeowner. The fellow concludes that small wind “isn’t there yet,” though there are some promising potential solutions coming onto the market soon; he actually predicts …
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Challenging the First Amendment in Arkansas
There is no doubt that 99+% of the people of Arkansas are totally fine with what their governor has said here, and that their kids are learning to be “children of God.” Of course, this violates the provision of the …
Ending Citizens United
It’s good to see that the U.S. legislative world hasn’t forgotten about overturning, preferably via a Constitutional Amendment, the Supreme Court decision FEC v. Citizens United, that granted corporations free speech protection to donate as much as they want to …
Special Prosecutor Looking into President Biden
FWIW, I’m happy that Garland appointed a special prosecutor in the Biden/documents case. This is what AGs do when there is both a) reason to believe a crime has been committed, and b) there could be the apparency of a …
Discussion on Biofuels
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Cameron Atwood asked for my take on this article in Scientific American on the environmental issues associated with biofuels. Craig: I’m bearish on biofuels for many reasons. The main problem, and it seems insurmountable, is that plants didn’t …
Hillsdale “College” Wants to Know: Can We Get Your Thoughts on Socialism?
The correct answer here depends on how stupid you are, and how little you know about how the people in the rest of the developed world actually live. They pay marginally higher taxes, but they lead better, healthier, and far …
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Women Uniformly Die Under These Conditions
To all females reviewing the meme here, recognize this: Yes, you would die. Of course, the loss of your life would forward a cause. But is it your cause? Lawmakers, largely white male Christians, insist that the life of a …
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Power for Patriots
Whenever I come across these emergency power supplies sold to “patriots” I always wonder why products like these are targeted to Trump supporters. After all, don’t progressives need power backup in the case of outages? Upon further inspection, the answer …
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The Future of Personal/Urban Mobility
If you’re sold on the idea that this start-up that proposes to sell a tiny, low-speed EV represents the future of urban transportation, and you’re certain that it’s wise to make an investment in the company that hopes to offer …
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