Here’s an article written by a very bright woman who offers 10 reasons she’s no longer a leftist.
There are a few good and interesting ideas here. In particular, there is no doubt that people on the left can be preachy, arrogant, unpleasant to be around, smug, whiny, and strangely, intolerant (i.e., intolerant of intolerance). But it misses a few obvious points, i.e., the left is: (more…)
Apparently, Al Gore lives large, and lugs with him a huge personal carbon footprint wherever he goes; we’ve been hearing about this more or less constantly since his 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” became a considerable box-office success. In fact, Gore’s lifestyle is a key point that many climate deniers use to support their claim that, if global warming exists at all, its mitigation only puts more money in Al Gore’s filthy hypocritical pockets. (more…)
Here’s an article from ThinkProgress.Org outlining why Elizabeth Southerland, 30-year EPA vet, most recently Director of the Office of Science and Technology for the agency’s Water Office, has resigned from her post. The reason shouldn’t come as a shock: the Trump administration’s anti-environment and anti-regulatory agenda.
This is her farewell letter. (more…)
You’re a cleantech businessperson with a solid, commercially viable concept that, if implemented, could make a transformative difference in our civilization’s ability to deal with its environmental challenges. But you have a problem. Maybe it’s lack of capital. Perhaps you’re struggling to find the precise words that most clearly and concisely express the value proposition your organization has to offer. Possibly you have that piece wrapped up nicely, but you can’t seem to find a cost-effective way to get that message out, in such a way that it totally blankets your target market. (more…)
Many industries have worries about the high costs of energy. The rise in energy prices is an issue of concern. Many energy experts predict that the increases may continue, so as an industry, you can introduce the following cost reduction energy plans in your piping system.
Energy-Efficient Compressed Air Piping (more…)
We’ve all had the experience of flipping through an in-flight magazine and finding ourselves utterly incapable of generating even the vaguest interest in any of the articles they contain. We can almost hear the editor ordering the staff journalists to write something completely noncontroversial, say, walruses are cute and quirky, daily exercise is not too burdensome once we commit ourselves to a goal, gambling is fun but potentially addictive, etc. What comes back for publication is banal but unobjectionable content that adequately fills the pages. (more…)
A dear friend from my youth (pictured) wrote to me the other day and asked me about my thoughts on writing. My response:
To me, it’s an opportunity to express whatever I’m thinking, with whatever degree of circumspection and perfection I care to put into it. In speaking, I don’t have the luxury of entertaining my ideas from different perspectives that take time to emerge and digest, and then editing them until they’re exactly what I want to get across. (more…)
Well, at least three that I can think of.
We’re all aware of steady development of better and lower-cost batteries, which seems to be the putative victor here. Once affordable batteries provide a range of 350 miles, and we’re fairly close to that, the game will be over, and petroleum-powered cars and light trucks will be obsolete in very short order. (more…)
In most of the households, cleaning products are put away in some cabinets and out of children’s reach. In the back of our minds, we all know that those products are highly dangerous, yet we use them daily and spread poisonous chemicals for the sake of having a clean home. (more…)
Here’s an article that speculates on the psychology of climate denial, i.e., the mental processes that enable people to disbelieve the science on this subject. A few thoughts as you read through this: (more…)
