When I met Dr. Steven Chu, then U.S. Secretary of Energy, at a conference a few years ago in Santa Barbara, someone standing near us asked him why he took the position. “The President of the United States asked me to,” he replied. We all smiled. That made sense. (more…)
The content of the meme here isn’t true.
First of all, where does “30%” come from? Now, it could derive from the fact that 62% of Trump supporters, which now total in the low 40s, say they would support Trump no matter what he does, i.e., regardless of any facts that are turned up in this or future investigations. (more…)
Tom Steyer writes, “Donald Trump is a failed businessman who lost over $1 billion while leaving behind a trail of bankruptcies and broken promises. Get one of Tom’s new bumper stickers for your car, laptop, or bike to let everyone know: Trump is a FRAUD and a FAILURE.” He’s asking for a $1 campaign contribution in exchange for the bumper sticker at left.” (more…)
Musk’s statement at the left is putting it diplomatically, of course. In fact, this isn’t an “experiment” to see if the oil companies are wrong; it’s an exercise in power, greed, and evil.
Big Oil’s four-decade-long disinformation campaign was effective for a while, but now, anyone who has any scientific literacy at all (and most of those who don’t) understands that climate change is in the process of ruining this planet. (more…)
William Shakespeare, speaking through Juliet: “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Yes, that’s true, but sometimes names mean something important.
At left is an assertion that those who care about the Earth are actually “badasses,” and here’s an article in Psychology Today: Popular Culture: What It Means to Be a Badass —What does it take to be a badass today?
Re: the meme here, a friend writes, “I haven’t verified it, but I believe it.”
Yes, that’s about right. In round numbers we have: $6 * 1012 / (2 * 101 years * 104 hours/year) = 3 * 107 = $30 million / hour.
We could have done some fabulous things with that money, needless to say: education, healthcare, clean energy and transportation, etc.
The toxicity of coal ash, and the fact that the Trump administration couldn’t care less about it, are two well-established facts.
Here we have an article that chronicles the unraveling of previous guidelines by a) easing regulations on what pollutants coal plants can dump, and then b) by changing the standards for the containment systems they dump that waste into. (more…)
There is still living proof that old, white ex-presidents can be extremely fine human beings; sadly, that’s not going to remain the case forever.
Larger version below. (more…)
On this day in 1731, a group of young men in Philadelphia pooled their money to set up the first library in America.
Not a bad time to pose the question: What is the proper role of government? What things belong in the public sector? According to the billionaire libertarians, the answer is little or nothing. When Charles Koch was asked, “What do you think is fair,” he replied, “I get to keep my money. What do you think is fair?” (more…)
When 2GreenEnergy first came along a little over a decade ago, it appeared that ocean wave energy devices like the one shown in this video here might have a place in the constellation of renewables. (more…)
