I’m not sure this is true, but it must suck being married to one of the country’s most revolting people.
Author: craigshields
Libraries and Socialism
The author of the meme here nailed it. American libraries, obviously, are the product of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most broadminded leaders in our nation’s history. Those who stand for critical thinking and human creativity tend to favor the …
Demons on the Inside?
I can’t imagine Freud really said this. Obviously, I can’t read others’ thoughts, but it strikes me that people who behave with compassion and reason are less likely to have “demons” inside than those who are overtly irrational and mean.
Tagged with: compassion and reason
Rapidly Improving Technology
There is no doubt that humankind is the beneficiary of a great many breakthroughs in technology – that applies to medicine, IT, communications, and yes, environmental sustainability. In an interview I conducted for my third book “Renewable Energy – Following …
Why Don’t We Have Solar-Powered Cars?
Like a lot of things we’d like to have but can’t, it’s because of physics. When the sun is high in the sky on a sunny day, each square meter of the Earth’s surface below receives about 1000 Watts (1 …
Is the Value of Education Questionable?
The sentiment expressed at left makes sense to many of us, but, upon reflection, it comes from two completely disparate camps: the opposite ends of the IQ bell curve. We happily grant that people like Mozart, Einstein, Monet, and Mark …
Tagged with: Value of Education
The Second Coming and Sustainability
A reader notes: Many of the Christians in the USA think Jesus’s return is not far off, thus a huge disincentive for long term sustainability. I actually ran into a fellow who told me that we was rooting for the …
Tagged with: sustainability
Notes on the EV Adoption Curve
Here’s what auto enthusiast Jay Leno says about the EV adoption curve, i.e., that they should be used during the week for low-speed commutes, where your “426 Hemi that gets 9 -11 mpg” can be taken out on the weekends. …
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Big Oil Hates Your Kids
Here’s a faux advertisement for Chevron. It’s not unlike “Exxon Hates Your Kids,” but it’s longer and better.
Dealing with the Water Crisis
Here’s a fabulous episode of the widely syndicated radio show Fresh Air, featuring ProPublica investigative reporter Abrahm Lustgarten discussing the crisis of water shortages in the American west. Climate change has brought about severe and apparently unending droughts here. We …
Tagged with: water crisis
