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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Fossil Fuels

A reader sent me this meme, to which I reply:  I hear you, but being on a list is not a crime.

I’m happy to live in a country where being found guilty of a crime by a jury of my peers is the only route to my being deprived of life, liberty, or property.  You should feel that way too.

I got a call one day from a guy who told me that he almost never reaches out to people under these circumstances, but that within a few hours, he had read one of my articles, and participated on a conference call led by the chairman of Shell Oil in which someone mentioned “Craig Shields of 2GreenEnergy.”

He said, “I had never heard of you once when I got of out bed this morning.  Now here I am, a huge stockholder in Shell btw, hearing your name twice before lunch.  Do you mind telling me: exactly who are you?”

I laughed, and tried to explain myself, but all the while I was thinking, “OK. I’m on somebody’s list.  And that’s not a good thing.”

The truth, of course, is that the name of anyone who seriously tries to make a difference is on one, one hundred, or one thousand enemies’ lists.  Don’t let it deter you.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability
(Here’s a photo of) the children’s section in Patmos Library in Jamestown, Michigan. Local citizens voted to defund it in Nov., after it refused to ban all LGBTQ+ books. Now a local politician has suggested shutting down the library “by force.”
As sad and frightening as this is, there is an element of humor to it.  Shutting down a library by force?  How much actual force does that require? Are librarians typically armed?  Are they normally trained in the martial arts?
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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt makes an interesting conjecture here.

Someone pointed out that Andrew Jackson was about as vile a human being as can possibly be imagined, and no-one’s removed his portrait from the White House.

True, but he didn’t commit treason.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

A friend sent me the good wishes at left, which I happily share with all 2GreenEnergy readers.

Keep in mind that, strange though it may be, not everyone feels this way; this is something of a controversial statement.  Think of all the people who want to “own the libs,”  force 10-year-old rape victims to bear the child, and abandon the Constitution so as to reinstate Trump as the U.S. president.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

At left is a concept about ending racism.

Unfortunately, its logic is flawed.  Pretending a malady doesn’t exist doesn’t make it go away.  My dentist’s office features a sign that reads: Ignore your teeth and they’ll go away. Most of his patients, I’m sure, get the joke.

Apparently the author of the meme here isn’t quite bright enough to follow this.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Strictly speaking, the three-ring circus that is America didn’t absolutely need Elon Musk to come along with a new wave of outrageous behavior to provide us the latest in shock…and amusement.

But now that he’s here, let’s give him credit for doing such a stellar job.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

My wife will get a smile out of this, but, as previously mentioned, I think it’s vitally important that this country go through a process of, call it what you will: healing, purging, catharsis, sanitization/cleansing, revelation/epiphany, and/or contrition/atonement — and not a single one of these can occur without justice.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Wind Energy

Here’s a concept for a new design in wind turbines.  Contrary to what readers may have come to expect when they read that first sentence, this appears to make sense.

The idea is based on the fact that, although today’s three-blade turbines are highly efficient, they do not function in extremely strong winds, and are hard to build in enormous size. These folks at the University of Virginia have engineered a two-blade system that bends in high wind conditions, rather like the tallest pines trees.  Thus far, their demos have performed very nicely.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I don’t know the first thing about these people, other then that they perceive a need among conservatives to look for “news” that goes beyond the stolen election, Joe Biden’s latest senior moment, and the contents of his son’s laptop.

That’s probably a good thing.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

One of the most salient features of American life today is our relentless outreach to find new levels of stupid.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says that if she had been in charge of the January 6th insurrection, “we would have won.”  Other than hanging Mike Pence, it’s not exactly clear what that means.

This just in: comedian Dave Chappelle thought that it would be a good idea to introduce his live audience of tens of thousands of intelligent progressives to Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire whose purpose is to restore Donald Trump to our political discourse, so as to make him the next U.S. president.

The chorus of boos was both lengthy (four minutes) and deafening.  Now who could have seen that coming?

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