What this boy’s sign means is that there is a very low probability that his dad is a Republican, since 72% of GOP voters believe that Trump is a good role model for children.
I wonder what they most admire. His complete disdain for the truth? His regular incitement of violence and approval of hate groups? His abuse of women? His aggression in destroying the environment? His slimy business tactics? His close association with felons? (more…)
Here’s a micro-hydrokinetic device, sold to campers who wish to charge their cell phones. Problem: it’s heavier, more cumbersome to set up, far more expensive than the equivalent piece of solar PV or a hand crank, and requires running water as its energy source. Thus, its target market is limited to: (more…)
Yes, the United States has become divided, and that’s not an accident; it’s the prevailing political strategy of the entire American right wing: you’re either on our side, or you’re a weak and/or an evil socialist. We don’t want any conversation on (or any real thought applied to) the subject. (more…)
Despite the urban population taking up just 2% of the world’s land, we use 75% of the world’s resources.
With the world population estimated to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, conscious countries are building their own eco-cities, hoping to provide a solution to the environmental crisis’ they are currently facing. (more…)
Do you ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed by the stresses of living an inner-city life?
If so, you may have considered going ‘off-grid’. This self-sufficient lifestyle disconnects you from the electricity grid, water supply and gas mains, whilst allowing you to live a more cost-effective, and eco-lifestyle. There are 75,000 Brits who are choosing this way of life. (more…)
Petroleum companies in Texas are asking for $12 billion in federal funds to support the construction of a 60-mile coastal concrete wall that, among its other functions, will protect the region’s largest petrochemical facilities from rising sea levels and destructive storm waves. (more…)
A reader who is battling prostate cancer writes:
Here is an article on primate diets, showing that our human ancestors were nearly all vegetarians. (more…)
Well, it could have been done at the time TR said this; now that’s not so clear. Yet as recently as a few years ago, it seems that the move to overturn Citizens United and get money out of politics was gaining ground, since such a change is endorsed by virtually the entirety of the political spectrum, from the anti-fascists to the tea party. (more…)
The Natural Resources Defense Council is a United States-based, non-profit international environmental advocacy group. (more…)
When I ran into a colleague from the National Renewable Energy Lab at Intersolar (huge solar convention) a few years ago, he told me that one of his top priorities was the development of perovskite as a substrate for high efficiency solar panels. Here’s a short blurb on the subject from the American Energy Society: (more…)
