Home › Blog › Page 373

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Two responses here:

Those authoring bills that would place bans on abortion are well aware that they’re causing “lives of hardship,” but they simply don’t care.  It’s politically expedient for them to do anything for the fetus while it’s in the womb, but absolutely nothing for the baby once it’s born.

Before the current configuration of the U.S. Supreme Court that was formed largely by Donald Trump, it had ruled that women have rights of autonomy to their own bodies, a concept that aligns with the thinking of the vast majority of Americans.

Tagged with: , ,

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

I’m occasionally asked if one can understand physics without math.  If this is taken to mean understanding physics entirely without math, the answer is No.

That said, first year algebra will get you through a base-level comprehension of mechanics and electricity/magnetism.  From there, the two disciplines parallel each other.  Lots of physics is based on logarithms/exponents, trigonometry, and calculus.

I’m not sure how to respond to the wise-ass author of the meme at left, other than to knock off the animal cruelty.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Here’s an offering from an ultra-right-wing group that’s hoping to terrify the American citizenry, especially young and other impressionable people.

In truth, we’re as close to centralized planning as we are to colonizing Neptune.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The most remarkable thing about this story is that Alabama (yes, even Alabama) seems to resent its Supreme Court for banning IVF, thus taking a ferocious bite out of women’s rights.

This woman won in a runaway against a Republican who sided with the court’s decision.  That’s very good news for the projected outcome in the general election in November.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles

The average electric vehicle uses 0.32 KWhs of electricity to go a mile.  Since the average residential for power is $0.17/KWh, that’s $0.06 per mile.

This compares favorably to gasoline, whose average use per mile is 0.04 gallons at an average cost of $3.64, or $0.15.

Over the lifetime of a car, say 200K miles, we’re talking about $18,000.

Now, there are other pros and cons at stake here.  Replacement batteries for EVs are expensive, but the savings in terms of entire systems that are eliminated in EVs (fuel delivery, engine parts, pollution control, exhaust, etc.) are considerable as well.

Of course, the major motivation behind EV purchases is environmental responsibility.  Studies have consistently shown that phasing out internal combustion engines and the consumption of fossil fuels is essential to the decarbonization of the energy and transportation sectors, and thus to the success of our society’s efforts to mitigate climate change.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Uncategorized

As suggested in the meme here, does a mechanism exist that enables “a higher consciousness of people to fill the Earth?”

Though this might sound like science fiction, such a thing must exist, otherwise there would be no way to account for the amazing accomplishments of ancient Greece and Rome, the Renaissance, the European Enlightenment / Age of Reason, the French Revolution, the U.S. Constitution, the transcendentalists, women’s suffrage, and the Civil Rights movement.

Right now, we sure could use a fresh blast of whatever that is.

Tagged with: , , , , , ,

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

This is from early sci-fi author H. G. Wells, written just over a century ago.

If it was true then, we can only imagine its value today, a time in which conspiracy theories abound, and tens of millions of American voters believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Donald Trump, and that climate change is a hoax, perpetrated so as to cripple the U.S. economy.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Which of Trump’s characteristics is most appealing to his support base?  It’s certainly not that he behaves like an actual billionaire in terms of philanthropy.

It’s more the opposite, i.e., that his behavior is overtly disgusting.  He aspires to be another Vladimir Putin,  Xi Jinping, or Kim Jong Un; he couldn’t care less about the well-being of his country’s citizens, and almost half of these citizens are utterly charmed by his complete indifference and tough-guy demeanor.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Mike Lindell’s company MyPillow faces eviction from a Minnesota warehouse, as it apparently owes $217,000 in back rent.  The CEO says his company is “fine” financially, but does that seem plausible?

Here’s a suggestion:  Insofar as Lindell claims to have iron-clad evidence that the 2020 presidential election was rigged in favor of Biden, why not simply reveal the proof?

Think of all the wealthy beneficiaries of such an event, among them the 19 co-defendants in the Fulton County GA RICO case, three of whom have already flipped in favor of reduced sentences.  Then add the 16 dangling on the hook, facing imminent criminal trials and lengthy prison terms.  Is there a single one of these criminal idiots who wouldn’t happily pony up $217K as a gift to help out a friend who helped them beat the rap?

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

An article in National Public Radio begins:

A California judge has formally recommended that attorney John Eastman lose his law license for his role in Donald Trump’s legal effort to remain in power after losing the 2020 presidential election.

Eastman, a prominent figure in conservative legal circles and a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, played a key role in developing and backing a plan for states to send pro-Trump slates of electors to Congress and have then-Vice President Mike Pence unilaterally block or delay the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory.

“Eastman’s wrongdoing constitutes exceptionally serious ethical violations warranting severe professional discipline,” wrote California State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland in her decision. “Eastman made multiple patently false and misleading statements in court filings, in public remarks heard by countless Americans and to others regarding the conduct of the 2020 presidential election and Vice President Pence’s authority to refuse to count or delay counting properly certified slates of electoral votes on January 6, 2021.”

Eastman is one of 19 co-defendants in the Fulton Country, GA RICO case that alleges a massive conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 president election in that jurisdiction.  Apparently, the judge who wrote the decision above sees no reason to delay the disbarment measure until after the results of that case.

Sounds fine.  Removing this criminal from public life asap seems like an excellent idea.

Tagged with: