Floating Solar PV
Here’s something with real merit: floating solar panels, for places where land is at a premium, perhaps Europe and Japan. (more…)
Taking Matters Not-Too-Seriously
The great cities in California tend to have extremely high levels of participation when it comes to environmental and social causes. (more…)
Trophy Hunting Might Be Replaced By……
To the shame of the human race, there are people who feel a sense of pride and accomplishment by shooting innocent and soon-to-be-extinct game animals: elephants, lions, giraffes, tigers and the rest. Though I can’t do anything about this sickening pastime, I can at least promote the people (and baboon?) pictured here.
Want to enjoy nature? Take a lesson from these guys.
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More on American Values
It wasn’t that long ago that American diversity was celebrated and racism disdained. True, 1961 saw numerous horrific injustices against racial minorities, but at least our culture had begun viewing this as something grotesque and sickening.
Now, we’re learning that the hatred and divisiveness that we’re living through under Trump was not an accident, nor was Trump himself the proximate cause. Rather, this is part of Vladimir Putin’s extremely successful attempts to destabilize our society.
As you watch the video here, realize that has been, and continues to be, the most effective single take-down of a world power in the history of humankind. If it weren’t so completely evil, congratulations would be in order.
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Sustainability Can Offer Us a Smile
I’ve known environmentalist Forbes Black for over a decade, but it was only recently that I noticed his penchant for sarcasm, and damn, he’s good at it. (more…)
When Attacks Come from our Purported Friends
The only complaint that can be made about organic food is that it cannot be produced at prices and quantities such that it can be affordable for a world population soon to hit 10 billion people. Yet people don’t have an issue with those who only eat organic, as they are entitled to their own beliefs, even if those beliefs, at least as they apply to GMOs, are scientifically unfounded. (more…)
Agricultural Department At Odds with Science and the Peer Review Process
Should the scientists working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, upon completion of the intense process of peer review, be forced to label their reports as “Preliminary?” Won’t this suggest to readers that such reports and the underlying research has not been subjected to exhaustive scrutiny before approval? (more…)
There’s Oil in Your EV, But What Does That Matter?
Here’s an interesting article on the petrochemicals that we use to light-weight our vehicles — electric and otherwise.
While there is plenty of interesting information here, I’m not sure what to conclude. (more…)
What Motivates American Voters
A commenter writes about the prospect of Trump’s being reelected. “Come 2020, most Americans will judge this administration by a simple yardstick, ‘am I better off in 2020 than I was in 2016’? As long the answer is ‘Yes’, the President and administration will be returned.” (more…)
Condescension
The T-shirt here made me smile.
Without a doubt, we self-appointed educators and social critics run the risk of being viewed as condescending. When I write a post explaining the most basic laws of physics, or pointing out that more guns is not a reasonable solution to gun violence, or that the planet is not impervious to the activities of the human beings who live on its surface, or that Nazis are bad, or that people should show compassion to one another, I realize that some readers are thinking, (more…)
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