A frequent commenter notes that he believes Trump is evil, and that his supporters are as well. Here’s a brief conversation on the subject:
Craig: I wouldn’t say they’re evil, any more than I would say that about the Germans of the 1930s. I would say that they are desperate, angry, ignorant and gullible, and in possession of a shaky moral compass. (more…)
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Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: People should be entitled to express their opinions (humbly or otherwise), without being afraid of ridicule and abuse from arrogant eco-fanatics.
Well, first, you may want to rethink your position that environmentalists are “arrogant eco-fanatics.” What’s the value of being so nasty and so unfair? It’s no better than saying that African-Americans are “shiftless”; it only serves to broadcast one’s bigotry and ignorance. (more…)
Regarding the aesthetics of wind turbines, Glenn Doty writes: It’s a matter of opinion and taste. For as long as I’ve been alive, I’ve seen windmills on postcards and paintings… expressions of beauty. The sleek towers today look far different from the old corn mills of yesteryear, but I still find them beautiful.
Yes, it’s subjective; I don’t really have a feeling on this one way or the other. When people complain that winds farms are eyesores, I often ask, “Do you like the look of coal plants? Dead coral reefs? Black lung tissue?” Snide, I’ll admit, but I can’t help myself.
Gary Tulie sent me this piece in Cleantechnica, which posits that the Trump administration is becoming bullish on renewable energy (not a bad name for a book) and bearish on coal.
I honestly don’t know what to make of this. Trump has been very clear that he intends to bring back jobs in coal, and, though the industry is small and shrinking, this is a big deal to his (small and shrinking) fan base. Further, it was just the other day that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt boasted that 50K new coal jobs had been created since Trump took office. (more…)
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It’s the birthday of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, one of the most important contributors to the repertoire of the Romantic Period of music. Like Chopin did for Poland, it could be argued that Grieg put Norway “on the map” in the late 19th Century, using the commanding lyrical beauty of his music to establish his country’s national identity. (more…)
An old friend (“George”–possibly an ex-friend after this) shared this article on Facebook this morning, sparking the following conversation:
George: Wind turbines are neither clean nor green and they provide zero global energy. (more…)
Is there anyone who didn’t see this coming? The developers of large solar PV arrays have all begun to implement energy storage, as the cost of lithium-ion battery technology continues to fall (along with the cost of solar itself).
There is no power on Earth, regardless of how corrupt and malevolent, that can prevent renewable energy from replacing fossil fuels in the coming decades. The issue, of course, is how much environmental damage we will have done in the process, and, in truth, no one has an answer to that one.
I’m always amused by experiments that prove nothing, or, in this case, actually serve to obscure the truth. (more…)
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