I told my son the other day that, if Trump is re-elected, a significant number of Americans will be leaving the country, simply because they can’t stand to be led by a criminal sociopath, and all the degrading baggage than accompanies that.
Selling “God Bless the USA” bibles is just the latest example of the fact that no loss of dignity is too extreme for Trump and his supporters.
I remember attending a trade show at which a variety of new-age food items were being introduced. I ran across the vendor of a new orange soda that he marketed as “all-natural.”
“How much actual orange is in that can of soda?” I asked innocently.
“Zero,” came the response.
“Then are you saying that 100% of the orange flavor comes from one or more chemicals that simulate the taste of an orange?”
“Exactly.”
“Then in what sense can anyone possibly claim that this is a natural product? I’m not saying that it’s a bad product, but it’s certainly not natural.”
Greenwashing is all around us, and it’s not going away. There are organizations whose purpose is identifying and calling out cheaters in this space, though it seems unlikely that they can keep up with the liars.
The meat-eater pictured here is one of a large number of hateful morons who make up the American electorate.
Of course, voting is a private affair, and no one will have access to this guy’s preference for U.S. president in 2024, but doesn’t it seem obvious that his candidate is the one who’s facing 91 felony charges, largely stemming from attempting to overthrow the U.S. government?
Immediately after my first business meeting in Paris, I spent some time walking around the City of Lights, trying not to be too conspicuous as the dreaded American tourist.
It wasn’t long before I came across a McDonalds, which, I have to admit, made me recoil. I can fully understand how these people, who have the very best in art, architecture, literature, history, food, and wine, might resent the Golden Arches.
Other than common sense, there is nothing that prohibits investors from pumping cash into companies like Flower Turbines, that one day, owners claim, will build and sell devices that capture small amounts of wind energy.
In fact, until about a decade ago, there were completely legitimate attempts to commercialize what was called “small wind.” At that point, however, it was realized that the costs of building, installing, and maintaining systems like this would literally never be recouped by the owner, and that the entire enterprise was doomed, or, to put it more accurately, limited to a customer base that didn’t care about the economics.
People like these do exist, btw. There are luxury wristwatches that sell for six figures, that tell time no better than something you can buy in a drug store.
At right is a solar energy device that automatically folds up at night. Does that do anything of practical value? Of course not; in fact, it only adds moving parts that eventually fail. The price of electricity per kWh will be astronomical. Apparently, some people simply do not care.
Investors, however, want profits, and profits derived from high-volume sales of products with decent operating margins. In the case of the Flower Turbine, this is as improbable as the Earth’s getting hit by an asteroid the size of Utah.
Here’s a piece from Fossbytes, the same people who claim that the costs of maintaining EVs is greater than that of gas- and diesel-powered vehicles.
Is the creator of the meme at left serious? From this piece:
Electric Vehicle Drivetrains Only Have 20 Moving Parts Compared to Over 200 in Conventional Automobiles – This means lower maintenance costs and a radical shift in auto industry job skills.
While most of the media attention focuses on the big picture issues of how green-energy EVs are destined to help mitigate climate change by eliminating use of fossil fuels and will ultimately lower the costs of driving for consumers, there is another significant impact that deserves more attention too. That is the relative simplicity of EV powertrains and implications for lower maintenance costs.
Re: the meme here, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has said, “If we can explore colonizing Mars because we’ve ruined Earth, we can certainly fix Earth.”
The man has a point here.
What we need is the political will to put a stop to environmental collapse, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the spread of world fascism.
As shown at left, Trump’s reverence for the world’s authoritarian figures is among his most obvious, most glaring characteristics.
It jibes with his feelings for our soldiers. i.e., that they are “suckers” and “losers.”
What physicist Brian Greene says here is true.
I would be shocked if more than 10% of high school seniors in this country could name a single living scientist.
