Author: craigshields

When this device called Lomi is plugged in and run for 10 hours, it turns about 0.1 cubic feet (about 3/4 of a gallon) of food waste into compost for the garden, using a total of about 2.5 kWhrs.  Could …

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I thought I’d publish this piece by senior energy analyst Robert Rapier, and then comment on it. If you are one of those people still raging about Biden and gasoline prices, then I can put you into one of three …

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As shown here, this concept far predates the modern Republican party, but, to my mind, it became their MO in the early days of the Trump administration, surrounding the phrase “fake news.” Trump’s critics, including most of the mainstream news, …

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Centrist?  What does that mean?  She’s impeding our country’s transitioning to clean energy, even though there is widespread support for 100% clean energy by 2035.  From the article linked below: The results (of a survey of 22K+ people) are overwhelmingly …

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As shown below, Fox News does a great job in keeping its viewers up to date on “breaking news” that never actually breaks. The only real difference between their 2019 and 2021 claims is that now (without evidence) the immigrants …

Fox News: “Watch Out!!” Read More »

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As if anyone couldn’t have seen this coming, the value of Trump’s real estate holdings have taken a hit as a result of his politics. Well before Trump was elected, I happened to be speaking with a woman sitting next …

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Readers from outside the U.S. who may not be following the depravations of American politics will not likely understand the billboard here. Texas is governed by a man who is anti-vaccination, anti-science in general, anti-voter rights, and rapidly anti-abortion.  The …

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From this piece in the New York Times: In a major win for climate advocates and supporters of wind and solar energy, New York State environmental regulators refused on Wednesday to allow two companies to upgrade their gas-fueled power plants …

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I normally don’t write about one-off crimes that stupid, hateful people commit, because the actions of one person, regardless of how depraved. doesn’t have any statistical meaning. Here, however, the irony here is too great to ignore. Voter fraud is rare, …

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Would you buy something like this?  I don’t think most people would, because, in this case, the packaging is so completely over the top. Eliminating “crap like this” (to use their phrase) requires both consumers and producers of products in …

We Need To Stop Suffocating the Earth in Plastic Read More »

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