The “before and after” here illustrates a superior solution to ripping off and replacing old and leaky roofs of commercial buildings. It’s a white, silicone solution that is painted across the roof, reflecting more of the sun’s incoming radiation back into space, while lowering the air conditioning bill.
As a whole, the transportation sector is transitioning to electric, and as fossil fuels disappear from the grid-mix, this will result in a massive decarbonization, enabling our planet to mitigate climate change to a large degree.
One might hope that every automaker on the planet would be eager to participate in this movement, but that sentiment doesn’t seem to be alive at Toyota.
The world believed that Toyota’s introduction of the Prius 20 years ago signaled, perhaps, a leadership role here, but now we seem to be stuck with a fleet of vehicles that includes the 2023 Tundra, with its EPA-estimated 15/19 mpg city/highway.
What’s the thought process here? Cynics are pointing out EVs have few moving parts, and thus need virtually no parts and service. Having said that, you’d hate to think that a company like Toyota would sell out the planet for a few yen.
Barclays committing to no longer investing in fossil fuel projects and that more than 96% of all new electric capacity in the U.S. will be renewable in 2024.
I have personal connections at my bank that I don’t want to offend, and so I’m not switching, but if that weren’t the case, I would love to be with an institution that’s dedicated to high ethical standards vis-a-vis the environment.
Will Republicans’ decision to kill a funding bill that would have strengthened the U.S. southern border ultimately work in their favor, or will it come back to bite them?
From here, it seems like an openly traitorous thing to do. But is it really any different from the dozens of other things Trump has done since he emerged onto the political scene?
Once you’ve tried to overthrow the U.S. government, what’s the big deal about sabotaging national security for political purposes?
The creator of the meme here believes that memes themselves have the power to affect change.
Of course, blog sites like this may largely be “preaching to the choir” when it comes to politics, but I like to credit many people with an open mind, and a willingness to change their thinking when new information presents itself.
The idea that Trump may escape justice via a U.S. Supreme Court decision to the effect that he is immune from criminal prosecution is on all Americans’ minds.
Absolutely terrifying.
Of the 19 co-defendants in the Fulton County criminal prosecution into Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, it seems that no-one faces greater short-term pressure to stay out of prison than Ken Cheseboro. An indicted co-conspirator who has “flipped” against Trump in favor for a non-prison, parole-only sentence, he appears to have told many lies along the way, and is now facing further indictments.
If there has ever been a single person who wound up honestly happy that he had gotten into bed with Trump, whether it be politically, financially, or legally, it sure would be interesting to speak with him. That’s a unicorn, to be sure.
At left is what Bertrand Russell said perhaps a century ago.
My take on this may be slightly different, in that I call religion our prescientific understanding of the universe. Human beings with our newly formed big brains were called upon to crave an explanation for natural phenomena: disease, weather, astronomy, etc., and we wanted our fear of death somehow assuaged. Absent science, religion was our only choice.
One hundred years hence, however, is there any reason to have any confidence that “religion … will fade away?” As we look at Israel vs. Hamas and the banning of abortion here in the United States at the hands of the evangelical Christians, do we see any progress along the lines that Russell predicted?
What we do see is a civilization careening at the edge, largely because of its failure to adopt science. When it comes to climate change mitigation alone, it looks like we’re going to cook our home planet.
If I could only be a believer, my life would be so much easier. But I can’t accept that channel, and neither should you.
Even as a small boy, I was a tough sell on religion, but the concept of a Devil whose work is to pull us away from Christ is arguably more ludicrous. Of course, I don’t speak for everyone on this point.
That said, pointing to Lucifer as the cause of random things you don’t approve of, in this case veggie burgers, seems absurd beyond words. Again, that’s just me.
Keep in mind that demand creates its own supply. As long as there are people looking for answers to life’s tough questions who accept (and actually pay to hear) the words of Rick Wiles, you can remain assured that he and the other televangelists will remain a vibrant and lucrative part of our society.
We need to add to this:
• Character doesn’t matter.
• Telling the truth is for sissies.
• Treason and sedition are acceptable ways of staying in power after you’ve lost an election by seven million votes.
What kids will learn if Trump somehow escapes justice:
• Rule of law means absolutely nothing in the United States. There are banana republics all over the world in which justice matters more than it does here.
