This video makes the point that melting ice on our planet’s surface is causing sea-level rise, which is correct, but it’s not the ice in the arctic that is of concern; it’s ice that’s on solid ground: Greenland and Antarctica.
If you want to prove this to yourself, put some water in a glass and add an ice cube. Mark the side of the glass with the new water level. Allow the ice cube to melt and note that the water level has not changed.
This from senior physicist Dr. Brian Cox.
I’d have to add in greed and selfishness.
As shown here, my old colleague Jigar Shah is still quite active in the field of clean energy and electric transportation.
Jigar was kind enough to write the introduction to my fourth book, Bullish on Renewable Energy. See below.
American political scientist, author, and entrepreneur Ian Bremmer writes frequently on global political risk. He notes: American consumer sentiment drops to second lowest level since 1952 (pandemic was slightly worse).
Vance is one of America’s top-notch morons, but I doubt he actually said this, as even he understands that China’s government and Chinese business interest own about 1% of all foreign-owned U.S. farmland. It’s negligible, and it’s not getting any larger, as shown in the Cornell University study linked above.
It should not come as a surprise that the only people concerned about this are those who know nothing about it.
Trump isn’t the only pathological liar I’ve known in my life, and I’m sure most people can say that as well.
What makes them “pathological?” They lie when there is no reason to, when there is nothing to be gained. Does anybody care how much Trump actually weighs? I sure don’t.
Apparently, liars get a charge out of “pulling one over.” Here’s a Ted Talk on the subject that I found quite informative:
Sure, both world leaders:
Did their damndest to achieve world leadership through grossly illegal and authoritarian means.
Went about achieving their means via sewing hatred and divisiveness into their citizens.
Tried to shut down the free press to prevent the world’s people from learning about who they truly were.
But whatever you do, don’t compare the two.
At left we see a few of the folks who will be fighting in the civil war that will erupt if Trump is deposed for any reason, e.g., impeachment.
They will be opposed by virtually all law enforcement and military personnel, each one armed with the world’s most advanced weaponry, but that shouldn’t be a problem, should it?
If I were asked to make the prediction posed below, I would say none of the above, and suggest that some combination of environmental collapse, certainly including climate change, will wipe out many, but not all human beings. There is no reason to believe that those who can afford scarce resources will die.
I also find the concept of space migration to be fanciful; I see no reason to absorb the huge expense.
So many things in the U.S. are up in the air at this point. If Trump gets his way, there will be no limits on his power, and this country will be an authoritarian state like Russia and China. Obviously, there are many millions of political activists who are working hard to ensure this doesn’t happen, but there are no guarantees.
Americans caught their first glimpse of this 50 years ago when Nixon said, “If the president does something, that means that it’s not illegal.” We withstood that challenge, but what’s happening here represents a far greater threat to the core of our democratic republic.
Let’s hope we don’t find ourselves in the position of the little boy in the illustration.
