Until I tripped across the video below, I hadn’t realized that U.S. astronaut Chris Hadfield was such a rock star on social media. He has tons of cool and quite popular videos where, for instance, he debunks myths about space. (more…)
How many scientists believe our civilization has gone past the point of no return with respect to climate change and other forms of environmental damage? That’s impossible to say, given these people’s understandable reluctance to make that terrible statement. (more…)
The electricity market is experiencing a rapid transformation, which is caused by the artificial intelligence development. Every year new startups enter the industry and offer the exclusive solutions, which allow utilizing oil, gas and electricity more effectively. (more…)
Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the formation of The American Legion in Paris at the close of World War I; currently, it’s composed of 2.4 million members, each a veteran of a war in which the U.S. fought, from 14,900 posts around the country. It’s a mighty group, and it represents a lot of patriotism. (more…)
As it turns out, frequent commenter Glenn Doty had his own reaction to the use of the word “stunning” when he saw the chart here that prompted my post earlier today: Real Wages Are in Decline: Who Woulda Thunk It? He writes: This is not stunning. Every single informed person in the U.S. understood that this would be the reaction when the tax cuts were passed. There was never a doubt. This was the design. (more…)
Getting rid of fossil fuels in the generation of Costa Rica’s electricity won’t be too tough. Loads aren’t huge, but renewable resources are. But what about transportation, where demand is significant (currently 1.4 million cars and trucks), and it’s growing too? (more…)
The chart here (bigger version below) is a reminder of how many Americans have lost their ability to think, or, more precisely, how our beliefs about our thought processes are totally erroneous. In this particular case, rank and file Trump supporters, the working class, believe that they’re better off because of the policies of the U.S. president, where that’s simply untrue; the tax reform/scam, call it what you will, has caused a decline in real wages. (more…)
Sustainability by definition is the assurance of the continuation of life in the same, or better quality, in the future. So it asks all of us to make sure that we use our resources in a more responsible way. What it does by it is that it makes us look for alternatives when it comes to things that pollute and destroy the earth. (more…)
Strangely, most of us have a pathological need to be able to say “I told you so,” though it’s certainly nothing to be proud of. Does any decent person root for climate change to ravage this planet so he or she can be right? Let’s hope not. (more…)
Protecting the biosphere is a great idea. And if it were possible for us Americans to accomplish this without the slightest impact on our lifestyles as consumers, there’s a chance it would happen.
In fact, it makes no sense for a civilization that cares the least bit about its participants or its descendants to, as Suzuki says, “elevate economics above the biosphere.” But guess what that implies about us? (Easier to read version below.) (more…)
