Question: Everybody loves solar energy (and wind too), since it’s abundant, clean, and increasingly inexpensive. Yet, it’s not always available when the demand for power is greatest, which means that a lot of it cannot be used. What percentage is, in fact, wasted? What’s being done to deal with this? (more…)
Yes, this statement is true, but it’s sensationalized; nothing is going to “kill” this planet. What we will experience, however, unless we prevent it with thoughtful living or some sort of miracle new technology, are the innumerable consequences of climate change, ocean acidification, loss of biodiversity, and declining health precipitated by these factors and increasing levels of pollution. (more…)
According to Eugene Kung, lawyer with West Coast Environmental, “The idea of building this [Trans Mountain pipeline] expansion, which essentially locks in production and expansion of the oil sands for the next several decades, is the exact wrong direction we need to go; it’d be like building a Blockbuster Video franchise in 2012.” (more…)
What Jefferson said here sounds good until you put it in the context of what other philosophers have said on friendship, and think about how it applies, or fails to, in our own lives. Aristotle, for example, argued for the cultivation of virtuous friendships built with intention and based on a mutual appreciation of character and goodness, and advised us to terminate relationships in cases when our friends’ character has gone bad. (more…)
Question: How much does the oil industry spend annually on lobbying in an effort to impede the passing of laws that would mitigate climate change?
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. (more…)
David Attenborough is having a profound impact on our civilization’s understanding of the impending environmental collapse and the imperative to take action before it’s too late (happy 93rd birthday, btw!). The s0-called Attenborough Effect is causing things like a wholesale reduction in plastic pollution around the globe. (more…)
It’s no secret that, in this strange passage of American history, the right wing of the United States has a huge issue with climate change. Where 75% of Democrats believe that we’re already experiencing the effects of climate change, only 41% of Republicans agree. (more…)
Here’s how James Comey replied to a question from an audience member in a recent “town hall” meeting as to why he thought Trump’s personal flaws should be considered by voters in this upcoming 2020 election. (more…)
By a narrow margin, the faculty governing body of the California Polytechnic State University has voted to have homophobic Chick-fil-A removed from its San Luis Obispo campus. It’s easy to understand how professors and administrators could be divided on the issue; as much as they support tolerance, they could argue that it’s a better idea to make sure all students know what Chick-fil-A stands for and make their own decision as to where to buy their sandwiches. (more…)
There are two main things to be said about Joe Biden:
1) He’s not a sociopath; he’s a sane and decent person.
2) He’s the textbook case of “middle-of-the-road.” (more…)
