A reader notes: Unsurprisingly, the Constitution doesn’t stipulate citizens can adhere to constitutional provisions at their option, or when they feel in the mood! Gun control and removal of automatic weapons is (in my opinion) a worthy objective, but only by lawful, constitutional methods.
I agree with you 100%. No one’s saying that we need not follow the Constitution when it says something we happen not to like. (more…)
The meme to the left here is typical of what we see on Facebook, this posted by a “friend” whom I had accredited with more sense, but whom I treat respectfully nonetheless:
I’ve heard this countless times, but it’s always seemed strange to me. Our society is falling apart because it’s no longer acceptable to refer to gays as “faggots?” Does this strike you as a plausible argument? If anything, I would receive this as evidence that we’re becoming a kinder, more respectful, more enlightened civilization, i.e., that we’re headed in the right direction.
I thought readers might enjoy a discussion I’m having with 2GreenEnergy mega-supporter Cameron Atwood.
Craig: I’m amused by all these “Constitutionalists.” As distinguished from whom? People who believe the Constitution can be trivialized? How many of them are there? Are there any? (more…)
Here’s another article that reminds us of a funny dichotomy: there are those that don’t think renewable energy can scale to provide most if not all of a country’s needs, and there are those who are making it happen, right in front of our eyes.
This is the story of how the folks in Costa Rica generate the 305 MW of electricity they use. For more than two months now, the country hasn’t burned a molecule of hydrocarbons. (more…)
Everyone wants to go green in concept, but so many people are unsure of how to actually better their treatment of the environment. If you fall into this majority, then these tips are for you. Here are 3 ways that you can start making an environmental change in your own home.
Ditch Disposables (more…)
Tech has really taken over…. World’s 5 largest by value: Apple $583B, Alphabet $545B, Microsoft $449B, Facebook $376B, Amazon $371B.
Tech is going through a toughening and prioritizing process right now. (more…)
A reader sent me this recent article by legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben. In passing it along, he notes: Craig, it appears that “Green” can become a kind of dogma so that if something is given a green coat of paint it must be “good.” What the article is saying is that just because we tend to agree with a direction or an idea we should not suspend a critical approach.
He’s absolutely correct. (more…)
Here are 11 compelling reasons to believe that this is the best point in the history of humankind. There are two points to be made here:
One of our presidential candidates would like you to think that you live in a dangerous world that is decaying into lawlessness, that our nation is under siege by “other” groups, and that he is the only hope to turn all this around. We need to understand this for what it is: hateful nonsense.
Our environment, by contrast, actually is under siege. Though the article is heartening, it serves to show what a tragedy it will be if we let our civilization fall apart from the ceaseless assault on our ecosystems.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first episode of Star Trek, a good time to remind ourselves of how truly remarkable this iconic television show is, and, in particular, how it continues to serve as a statement of how noble our species can be. (more…)
As noted in this article, the largest wind farm in the world will soon come on line, rated at 2 GW, sufficient to power 800,000 homes.
I mention this because of all the comments, especially from the pro-nuke people, that wind can’t scale up because its energy density and capacity factor are too low, that wind is an intermittent source, etc. It’s unclear how anyone can believe this, given what’s happening in front of our very eyes.
