In my recent post Liz Cheney Will Lose Her Senate Seat, But Watch What Comes Next, I wrote, “The good news for Cheney is that she is now a national hero,” and suggested that big things could lie in her future.

A reader sees an ulterior motive, however.  “Mary” writes: Trump is more popular than ever. Liz wants to run for President in 2024 and knows if Trump runs she will lose in the primaries. Easy to see she is trying to hurt him so she has a chance. We all see this.

Wow.  I’m not sure “we all see this,” depending, I suppose, on whom you mean by “we.”  It had never crossed my mind.

If you read up a bit about this, as I just did, you will realize that Trump’s popularity is steadily waning. Many Republicans, even those who formerly supported him, say “he has too much baggage.”

IMO, “baggage” is an extremely mild term, considering that that Justice Department is conducting conversations with Trump’s criminal defense attorneys and issuing subpoenas to his closest advisors.

 

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It’s funny you mention that.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Veerabhadran “Ram” Ramanathan at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego  for the chapter on climate change in my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies. (more…)

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I wish I could think of a single thing that we ‘re doing in our civilization that’s driving us toward a sustainable future, but I’m at a loss.

Think for a minute about climate, agriculture, fishing, land use, international relations/war, consumerism, mental health, gun violence, racism, and democracy.

Then, as suggested here, add in wealth inequality.

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When Donald Trump is finally dismissed from political relevance, the entire planet will erupt in singing that classic “Happy Days Are Here Again,” and the Republican party will move on to some new incarnation.  We’re hoping that the GOP returns to its traditional conservative value-set and lose all the violence, lies, and stupidity.

From the article:  “President Joe Biden is a genuinely good man, but he has yet been unable to break through our national malady of denial, deceit, and distrust,” Romney wrote. “A return of Donald Trump would feed the sickness, probably rendering it incurable.”

All these years since my boyhood, I’ve nothing but disdain for the Goldwaters, Nixons, and Bushes of the world.  Now I want them back.

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Here’s a good reminder that the U.S. Supreme Court has brought progress in America to a screeching halt.

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As an old friend said sadly, “They’ve stolen our flag.”

So true.  Just one more tragic element of the Trumper/MAGA syndrome.

Someone else remarked, “Looks like the Taliban.” Indeed, and with the same blend of stupidity and evil.

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A reader asked me what I would do if I suddenly became quite rich:
Craig: I’d make investments in companies with unique concepts in environmental stewardship. The problem, however, is that there aren’t too many of them.  I see ideas from fraudsters and crackpots constantly.
In most of these disciplines, e.g., renewables, the winners have won and the losers have lost.  What had a chance 10 years ago, e.g., ocean wave, has now receded into history, as the price of wind and solar have plummeted.
Peter:  Me too, but the sustainable companies would have to be webbed to other necessary companies like system and data analytics and socio-economic flow tracking and commonwealth monitoring and there would have to be guidance from philosophical and theological principles. It’s a massive effort that can’t be piecemealed.

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The huge sphere (over Denver, CO?) represents the total amount of water on Earth, mostly in our oceans.  The medium-sized ball (over St. Louis, MO?) is the amount of potable water, though most of that is locked up in glacial ice.  The tiny one (over Knoxville, TN?) is what’s available to our planet’s living forms.

It’s not huge.

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Here’s a business plan from a team of engineers in the wind energy space.

I have my reservations, but I’ll keep them to myself, and simply ask for comments.

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These folks are trying to petition the UK government to invest in renewable energy.

Seems like a great idea; they’re getting my signature.

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