My mother asked me the other day, “Do you think more people are getting on board with global warming?” I replied in the affirmative, because of a few factors: (more…)
As suggested in this photo, “America First” has origins of dubious moral character.
Might be a good time for all of us, whether we wear red hats, yarmulkes, or burkas, to focus on what’s ethically right, decent, and compassionate. It’s not too late.
Question: What does this remarkable photo represent?
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. (more…)
Epictetus, born a slave in the days of the ancient Roman Empire, is remembered for what is now called Stoicism, a practical, rather then theoretical philosophy. Stoics believe that the events in our lives come at us in random and chaotic ways, but that our actions are very much within our control, and thus, through rigorous self-discipline, we can be causative agents, the captains of our own ships, as it were. Quotes include:
There are several reasons that the opponents of renewable energy are having such a deuce of a time impeding its expansion. One, of course, is that the levelized cost of energy from solar and wind is very low, and becoming more so with each passing year. (more…)
For two and a half years, I’ve been making predictions about the ultimate disposition of the Trump presidency, suggesting from time to time that something will emerge from a congressional or independent inquiry that is so flagrant that impeachment (or resignation) will be unavoidable. (more…)
Let’s meet the pastor of All Scripture Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN, Grayson Fritts, and take in the sermon he gave to his congregation on the first Sunday of Pride Month. For roughly an hour, he railed against members of the LGBTQ community –– referring to them as “sodomites,” “freaks” and “animals” –– and called on the government to carry out the proper punishment for the “capital crime.” “They are worthy of death,” he declared in a video originally released by the church that was later shared on social media. (more…)
The Amazon Rainforest houses 10% of the world’s species and helps to regulate the global climate, which is why 2GreenEnergy joins many thousands of environmental groups in an effort to halt deforestation in this critical corner of the globe. (more…)
White House Press Sec. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
I spent the years from 1982 through 2008 as a business/marketing consultant, mostly serving large clients in IT and communications technology: IBM, H-P, AT&T, Microsoft, and the like. During that time I was very dialed in to the ethos in the corporate world; though I spent my career exclusively as an entrepreneur, I formed deep personal attachments to many of my clients, and, through their eyes, I got to see precisely what “life on the inside” was like, with its demands and pressures, its mores, and the penalties it imposed on bad behavior. (more…)
During a wonderful, albeit too short visit with family, my brother and I were discussing the thermohaline “conveyor belt” that governs the major ocean currents. See Bill Nye’s explanation here, and graphic below. (more…)
