Mitt Romney: “The President’s Character Falls Short.”
I had to laugh when I saw this thing on Mitt Romney the other day: “The president shapes the public character of the nation. Trump’s character falls short.” (more…)
Looking Into 2019: The Health of the U.S. Democracy
To be sure, there are dozens of different metrics we can use to gauge the well-being of the American democracy. Is there transparency in government? Honesty and integrity? Compassion for the people whose lives it affects? Does big money seem to be dominating the law-making process? (more…)
Electric Transportation 2019 Predictions : Yet Another Record?
My colleague Jon LeSage, who writes the Green Auto Digest, provides the world an extremely valuable service–at absolutely no cost. It’s essentially everything you need to know about the progress that electric transportation and other alt-fueled vehicles are making, including all market entrants, sales volumes, driver feedback, etc. (more…)
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: EPA on Obama-Era Mercury Emissions from Coal Plants
2250 megawatt coal-fired power plant
Question: What are the three most dangerous effects to human health that derive from ingesting/inhaling the mercury that gets into the food supply and atmosphere from coal plant emissions?
Fighting To Protect Planet Earth
Here’s an article in which legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben likens the war on climate change to a world war in the military sense, and discusses the parallels between fighting Hitler and preventing climate catastrophe. The imperative to win WW2 was so compelling that we as a civilization had no qualms about making huge sacrifices to make it happen, and McKibben claims the same urgency exists here. (more…)
Minimizing the Damage That Is Donald Trump
There will come a time at which I’m no longer on this planet and this whole insanity that is the present-day United States is put back in order. (Actually, the former is a certainty, while the latter is speculation.)
In any case, I will leave behind loved ones and many acquaintances, some close, some distant, and it is my desire to let them know what stance I took with Trump, and that I worked hard to keep the damage to a minimum. (more…)
A New Year’s Suggestion
Hard to add much to this meme. (Larger version below.)
Let’s make 2019 the year in world history in which humankind started thinking of itself as a community, and began acting accordingly. (more…)
Tagged with: environmental collapse
Here’s a paraphrase of the discussion that governors of some of the most conservative states had regarding wind energy with the governor of Iowa, an equally conservative state:
Other governors: Renewable energy is what the liberals want. We’re the Midwest; join with us and help us stop it.
Iowa governor: People in this state are making a fortune with wind. My trying to stop wind energy would be my last act in public office.
As shown in the graphic below, wind energy is killing it in Iowa. It’s sad that the reason to migrate to renewale energy is about money, but let’s understand this: that will get the job done. It doesn’t matter what’s the driver for clean energy; it doesn’t matter that we couldn’t care less about the quality of the environment we leave to our descendants. What matters is that this happens, and, if money is the on’y drover, that’s better than none at all.
Examining the Military Industrial Complex
Here’s a wonderful piece that Bernie Sanders made using the words of four-star general and Republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Of course, these words were ignored, and now the military industrial complex is a juggernaut at least as powerful as anyone at the time imagined. (more…)
Public Relations Campaigns Should Target Goverment Regulators
A major beer brand just announced its switch to a 100% biodegradable substance, made from a mixture of by-product waste and compostable materials, to form the rings that hold six-packs together. Now here’s an interesting question: Why doesn’t the existence of such a substance result in the government’s mandating its use? (more…)
