Those of us who have been around the tech industry for a while have seen some interesting, cooperative plays among supposed “competitors” that are put into place in order to add force in the creation of new markets. But why do business entities that are generally regarded as enemies decide to work together? (more…)
Billionaires have been taking a great deal of abuse in social media, especially since:
• The chasm between rich and poor started to spread, largely due to the influence the super-wealthy wield over the law-making process
• The new wealth created over the past four decades began to go almost exclusively to the top 1%, a phenomenon that has only accelerated recently, and (more…)
Markey is a bright guy with a progressive posture, and his argument here on the war against coal is an interesting way to look at it. Hey, when you’re in politics, perhaps it’s the only way to look at it.
Here, Markey presents the case that “war” is the wrong word, that what’s happening with coal is the result of pure market forces. (more…)
There are many threats to the democratic republic our forefathers established here 243 years ago, improved as it was, over the years, to include equal protection under law for people of all races, creeds and cultures.
Carefully consider each word in the meme on the right here (more legible version below), and realize the precarious position we are in vis-a-vis the freedoms we’ve come to know and treasure. (more…)
Since EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigned in disgrace, the EPA hasn’t been in the news very much, as his replacement, Andrew Wheeler, though more effective in destroying the environment for the sake of profit, is an old hand at staying out of the limelight. (more…)
The meme here is intended to educate people who believe that democratic socialism and Marxism are somehow identical. But there are some open-ended questions: How far does this go? How much government-provided public transportation, education, and healthcare make sense? How are these things paid for, especially given the enormous tax cuts for the billionaires and corporations? (more…)
Here’s an article that presents a floating PV farm in China, in a small lake formed by a coal mining pit. This sounds like a good idea in that it sequesters the toxins from the mine. (more…)
A great deal is implied by the meme here, principally why many other nations, some more advanced than others, have modernized mass transportation systems that cause gross reductions in car VMT (vehicle miles traveled). Quite conspicuously, the U.S. has failed to make even the most tentative first steps here. (more…)
2250 megawatt coal-fired power plant
According to the American Energy Society, the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for solar (large scale PV) and wind (onshore) has fallen 13% and 7% in the last year, respectively. (more…)
Here’s a meme that reminds us of what MLK said, “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Unless this country, and organized civilization with it, completely loses its bearings towards humanity and spins off into some dystopian white-dominated fascism, the white race will eventually extend its hand towards minorities and say, “Let there be peace. We’re all in this together.”
It’s a beautiful sentiment. All we need to do is to make it a reality.
