The venerable 20th Century journalist and cultural critic H.L. Mencken left us with this: ‘The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.’
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Green Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a carrier of energy, not a source. In most cases in our world today, it’s made by electrolyzing water, i.e., breaking down the H2O molecule to its component gases, using electricity from the grid. Since most of our …
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Damage from Environmental Rollbacks: Uncertain
Here at 2GreenEnergy we’ve been trying to make readers aware of the “100” rollbacks in environmental protection that the Trump administration is inflicting on our planet. Well, the correct number is 99, and linked above is the status of each. …
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Trump and the Pandemic
A reader notes: I want to stress the relative success that we have had compared to other first world countries. Here are the stats from John’s (sic) Hopkins updated today. The first chart shows deaths per 100,000 in population by …
Tagged with: Trump blaming the pandemic on a variety of others and his "I take no responsibility" statements, Trump calling for various states to be "liberated", Trump challenging Dr. Fauchi on the facts of epidemiology, Trump delaying testing, Trump dismantling the pandemic response team, Trump holding superspreader rallies with no masks and social distancing, Trump leading a "lock her up" chant against the governor of Michigan, Trump lying about the severity of the disease, Trump making assertions about the ingestion of disinfectants the use of light in the patient's lungs, Trump making ridiculous claims about the end of the pandemic ("Like a miracle it will all be gone."), Trump supporting the governor of Florida in his opening up the state in the midst of spiking COVID cases
Poor, Rich People Very Different in Nature
I think almost everyone has observed this. All you have to do is deliver pizzas to a few mansions and others to a few trailer parks, and see where your tips come from. You’ll see this principal in action immediately. …
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True Christianity
In our ongoing quest here at 2GreenEnergy to find the most clever statement pointing out the difference between true Christianity from the GOP/evangelic sort, we offer this guy’s shirt. If you want to argue about the validity of endless wars …
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Understanding The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The meme here speaks to an important issue in current-day American society. Does the First Amendment protect all our speech, and is it acceptable for anyone to block it? This issue comes up constantly, though most people realize it’s a …
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Wind Energy Physics Quiz
Here’s a video that will test your understanding of physics, if you don’t have a 5th or 6th grade education. It’s a wind turbine on a kite powered by eight motors that push the device into and through the wind …
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Reasons To Support Trump
Check out the meme here, and then realize: it’s not quite right. This excluded the amoral rich. Most rich people know that Trump is terrible for the country and the world at large, but he’s fabulous for them personally, and …
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Business and Climate
Here’s a fabulous graphical presentation on how economic growth going forward and the proliferation of clean energy solutions are, in fact, one in the same. It’s from the Years Project, whose mission is “to compel measurable and effective action on …
