Note to self: If you’re elected to lead a country and you face a lethal pandemic, a looming recession that will be both deep and lingering, and a panic-stricken population, at least pretend that you care of the public’s well-being. …
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War on Science
Here’s a wonderful video on the so-called “war on science,” featuring, among other things, the Flat Earth Society, which drew a record 650 participants to its fourth annual conference. For grins, I caught a few minutes of the lectures on …
Does This Motor Represent a Breakthrough in Torque Density?
Is this for real? Possibly, but I’m always suspicious of people who claim to have “invented” some new electromechanical breakthrough, but who don’t know the units by which its supposed benefits are measured. This guy says this motor has three …
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Biofuels Industry Unlikely To Thrive
The text in the meme here translates as “The EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) projects that the production of biofuel will grow slowly until 2050.” I doubt it. With each passing year, it’s becoming more clear that biofuels are a …
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Choosing the Next U.S. President
Excellent point. If you’re a progressive and want to point out that Biden isn’t, that’s cool. If you think the kind of government found in the rest of the developed world, i.e., democratic socialism, isn’t right for the United States, …
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Reagan in 1964: Socialism Is Coming for Your Business
Whenever I come across things like this video, I wonder: a) Do this guy and I actually live in the same country? and b) Has the person making this assertion ever run so much as a lemonade stand? Reagan claims …
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U.S. to International Criminal Court: Go Die
In response to the meme here a reader noted, “This decision is welcome news to everyone who believes that the perpetrators of war crimes should not enjoy impunity, no matter how powerful they are. (The decision) vindicates the rule of …
The Iberian Renewables Boom: A Tale of Two Continents
As reported by GreenTech Media, Spain and Portugal are on a tear to build wind farms, in a concerted effort to meet their 2050 objective of carbon-neutrality. Spanish oil giant Repsol is using the metric of carbon intensity to gauge …
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Trump Spreads Dangerous Misinformation on COVID-19 to Millions of Fox News Viewers
Constant lying about little, meaningless things, like the size of the 2017 presidential inauguration, is despicable, but it’s not dangerous except insofar as it’s an indication of mental illness. Lying about a lethal and highly contagious disease endangers the lives …
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Smart Money Exiting Fossil Fuels–As In **Right Now**
Europe’s largest bank, UBS, is pulling out of all deals that involve coal and oil extraction in the arctic.
