I don’t wear shirts with elements of my political philosophies printed on them, because they’re likely to provoke arguments with Trump supporters, which I wish to avoid.
Having said that, the shirt at left is pretty cool, IMO.
Question: As shown at left, the advent of Trumpism has made “experts” out of people who know essentially nothing about certain subjects.
The U.S. has a completely workable relationship with China when it comes to the import/export of food. Is there something specific about it that you find objectionable?
Can you tell me what foods we import? Which we export? Why?
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Is there anything physically impossible about what this young man is doing, i.e., using fallen leaves to make paper? No.
But is he changing the world paper industry “one leaf at a time?” Of course not.
He’s shown here hefting a small cardboard box of dead leaves in an effort to show that he’s going to make a material difference in the world paper market, now at 401 million tons annually.
I love the fellow’s enthusiasm, but sorry.
We need to acknowledge that we live in a country in which most people are scientifically illiterate. That’s just a sad consequence of living in a nation in which public education is being systematically destroyed.
Where we need to draw the line is electing lawmakers who aggressively reject science, or know precisely nothing about it. If you’re a distributor of plumbing supplies, no one’s going to be hurt regardless of how little you learned in fifth-grade.
The same can’t be said about our legislators.
How much damage will Trump do to the United States before he leaves office? Of that, how much will be irreparable?
While no one knows, one thing is certain: this wrecking ball is meeting some considerable opposition in our judiciary.
A neighbor writes: Anyone else upset that there are no American Flags in our little town for Memorial Day?? How about a little patriotism???
I can see the dilemma. Unfortunately, the American flag has been co-opted by the MAGA Trump supporters and what most of them seem to stand for: white nationalism, cruelty, the rejection of science, the destruction of our educational system, etc.
The town’s government is, rightly, I believe, attuned to cultivating tourists and the dollars they bring in, and that means being careful not to offend people.
When 2GreenEnergy was launched almost 16 years ago, the idea of collecting waste tires and subjecting them to high temperatures in the absence of oxygen (“pyrolysis”) to convert them into valuable commodities was very attractive. The idea was especially appealing in that the feedstock is a bit noxious; tires in landfills gradually decompose and emit unwanted gasses.
Over a period of a few years, I worked on several different business plans that sought to make this happen at scale, but not one of my clients was able to get the funding to move their idea forward, and, at this point, one hears very little about the subject. As is so often the case, the economics of all this just failed to pan out.
If the price of gasoline or jet fuel had risen considerably, waste tire would have had a happier story to tell. Equally effective would have been large dumping fees associated with landfills; as a culture, we don’t force polluters to pay for what they’re doing to our environment.
The American described at left could be any of about half of U.S. voters who are appalled at how our country has embraced dishonesty, cruelty, and ignorance.
I join this fellow in expressing my sorrow to the people of Canada.
The concept expressed by Rachel Carson here is not a new one; it’s a part of all non-theistic religions since the dawn of humankind.
It does have a special pertinence now, however, as the world’s consumption of resources has brought us to the point of profound and long-term environmental damage.
My wife returned to California from the East Coast yesterday and remarked that the plane was about half full; she and many other passengers had whole rows to themselves. This, of course, is precisely what the transportation sector hates most: lost revenue opportunities.
It seems there are two main reasons:
1) Americans are terrified to spend money on things like summer vacations, given their fear of a deep recession driven by Trump’s tariffs and other forms of gross stupidity re: the economy.
2) Europeans would rather vacation in North Korea or South Sudan than set foot in the United States. It’s hard to blame honest and intelligent people for wanting to avoid the United States as if it were on fire.
It’s a complete tragedy, and we have 3.5 more years to live through it.
