Wind Energy Making Real Progress, Regardless of what Trump and Cynical Republicans from Kansas Say
Re: a supposed new mode of renewable energy generation, a representative of the “Sumner County Kansas Republican Party” writes:
No one care (sic) what power they can harvest/generate, the question is “what tax benefits are there?”
I’ll file this comment in the “cynical and stupid” category.
Let’s look at wind energy, as an example. Here’s an article from yesterday’s New York Times: Renewable Energy Is Booming Despite Trump’s Efforts to Slow It. Trump is learning that he can cancel tax incentives for wind, but highly productive forms of clean energy are in demand nonetheless.
In 2015, wind power generated 4.7% of the total U.S. electricity, and there are places in the Midwest in which it’s common to see 70% of all electricity coming from wind.
I understand that environmental responsibility in general, and renewable energy in particular, have, for some sick reason, become political footballs, that the Republican party in general rejects climate science, and is dedicated to promoting fossil fuels, which are causing lung disease, ocean acidification, loss of biodiversity, and climate change.
The fact that there is an entire political party dedicated to accelerating disease and devastation is sad beyond words.
About 15 years ago, this whole subject held huge promise. That’s because each year, about 280 million old tires find themselves in landfills, releasing greenhouse gas emissions and wasting enormous amounts of chemical energy.
Whether these days of hate and oppression will persist for a “long, long time,” or whether the pendulum is about to swing back the other way remains to be seen.
Recently, there have been a few posts here to the effect that Antifa is not a group, and that it has no headquarters.
There are so many examples of “taking the sides of the weak against the strong” in today’s world it’s hard to count them all. And, as 19th Century abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe put it, “the best people” have always been heavily involved in ensuring things like:
I wouldn’t say that the MAGA folks “live on a different planet,” even metaphorically. I’d say that they’re desperately looking for data points, regardless of how out-of-date or clearly inapplicable, that confirm their existing political philosophies.
Of course, the GOP wants the world to regard the “No Kings” protesters as “terrorists.” But how successful can this possibly be?
From MSN:
The cartoon here harkens back to 
I have to admit that I’m confused about this much ballyhooed situation with the Epstein files. We seem to be all worked up about a certain matter: Does Donald Trump’s name appear on a certain list? News: It’s not a crime to have one’s name on a list. My name or your name could be on that list for all either of us know.
