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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

It’s incorrect to say that “liberals are furious” on this matter.  We’re deeply disappointed that about one-third of our population is a blend of greedy pigs and hateful idiots.

I was on a Zoom call this morning with some people who were weighing in on this question: Is the damage caused by the Trump administration in terms of losing our claim to be a moral, democratic leader on this planet permanent, or can it be repaired over time?

We were unable to reach a consensus.  Some said that the nation in the modern era is swinging as if on a pendulum.  We had a gentleman and an extremely accomplished intellectual in the person of Obama, followed by a despicable thug (Trump); the pendulum can swing back once more.

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

In today’s world, a significant number of Americans hate everyone but straight white Christian males.

Hatred of other people has replaced baseball as our national pastime. Ignorance is what we’ve become known for around the globe.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

In the last two days, I’ve met two people from Portland, Oregon, both of whom I told the same story about my reaction to the Trump administration’s claim that they brought in federal troops into the city to stop the “rioting” and “domestic terrorism” of the “No Kings” protestors.

As I put it:

Bullshit.  If I had to name the most peace-loving city in the United States, it would be Portland.

Not one but both of them squealed with delight.  They both pointed out that many of the protestors were dressed as frogs, in the way of pure whimsy that dominates the state’s largest and most highly educated city.

In the case of the fellow at left, yes it’s true that, sadly, there are tens of millions of Americans who don’t have the intelligence to know that a) Iran’s nuclear program had been shut down in the Obama administration, with every major nation of Earth and its nuclear physicists signing off on the landmark agreement, and b) that (even if that weren’t the case) it had been “obliterated” by Trump far more recently.

This guy’s career is built around lying to idiots.  I don’t envy him.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Wind Energy

Wind contributes about 12% of the U.S. grid mix, though it’s over 70% in some of the plains states.

As one reader pointed out, “It’s great for the common American.  Sorry it doesn’t work for billionaires.”

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Fossil Fuels

The shot at left was taken in 2006, during another war in the Middle East.

We often talk about the “externalities” of fossil fuels, normally referring to things like lung disease, climate change, ocean acidification, and so forth.  But we sometimes forget about people with their bodies blown to bits.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Very few people object to Donald Trump on the basis that he’s a capitalist.  All 340 million of us live in a capitalist country, one that has managed to get along the last 250 years.

On the other hand, the vast majority of Americans reject Trump as a lifelong criminal, now sucking the life out of the common citizen, and throwing away our country’s former glory so as to further enrich himself.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

Question: Why is Venus, though farther from the sun than Mercury, much hotter?

Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

Relevance: As shown here, heavily funded (funded by whom?) climate deniers are inventing dozens (hundreds?) of ways to convince us that climate change is a hoax.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The people at Allegiance Flags announce: Our best-selling 3×5 American Flag is made right here in the USA and will be the perfect addition to your home!

A reader adds:

Adding 2-3 extra stars to the flag will sell so many more flags! I’ll buy one, once we get two – three new states!

It’s hard to know what this guy is trying to say.

If Texas secedes the union, we’ll have one fewer state.

If California splits in half, we’ll have one more, not two or three.

I suppose he’s talking about military intervention into Canada, Greenland, and Cuba.

We’re a pariah nation, rightfully despised by the rest of the developed world.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

My Republican mother used to ask me about Greta Thunberg, “Since when has a 15-year-old girl become an expert on climate science?”

“She’s not,” I would reply, “She’s a political activist who trusts what scientists are telling us over what the oil companies say. Whose accounts on this matter do you trust, and why?”

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

We don’t need opinion polls regarding matters of fact.

This is why it’s incorrect to say that we do (or do not) believe in climate change.  One either understands or does not understand climate science.

The same concept applies to the meme at left.  Who could possibly care about the opinions of largely under-educated Americans regarding the strength of the economy under Biden or Trump.

Would you rather ask 100 economists or 100 managers of men’s apparel stores?

 

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