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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

FWIW, this is what I’ve concluded over the past decade or so, during which I’ve been reading and writing on the subject.

Capitalism, which means ignoring the needs of others, is the antimatter of climate change solutions, as well as any other changes for the public good.

At this point in human history, literally everything we must do to have any chance whatsoever to establish a civilization that will survive the next 50 to 100 years is going to come at a cost to the world’s wealthiest people.

The migration from fossil fuels, the rethinking of our land use policies, sustainable fishing and agriculture, the electrification of everything, etc. all cost more than what we have in place now, and thus will require public funding if they are to come to fruition.  That means taxes on corporations and billionaires.

But guess what? Corporations and billionaires own our lawmaking processes, and they will spend as much as they need to to keep all this money flowing in, thus preventing the changes that would have otherwise saved us.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

As reported by none other than Fox News, a group of prominent conservatives has published a 69-page report to the effect that the 2020 presidential election was “lost, not stolen.”

It begins:

As part of his post-election attempts to retain the presidency, Donald Trump and his supporters filed 64 cases containing 187 counts in the six key battleground states, in addition to utilizing some of the recount and contest procedures available to them under state law. The former president maintains to this day that the 2020 election was stolen and the results fraudulent. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

A friend sent me the recipes shown here, which reminded me of a conversation I used to have with my arch-conservative mom.

She’s a very well-educated and well-read woman, a Bryn Mawr grad and gracious, refined country clubber, hailing from the Philadelphia region, but, as I pointed out, she has the same political sensibilities as the people who eat raccoon.

Seems incongruous.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles

A reader asked for my thoughts on this article that predicts a coming shortage of copper, an element that is vital to the sucess of “electrifying everything.”

I hate to sound so cavalier, but random reports on apparent shortages don’t scare me. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Needless to say, Ralph Nadar is far closer to the action in Washington than I’ll ever be, but I have to say that I disagree, for the reason expressed in the chart below.

Democrats tend not to do things like attempting the overthrow of the United States government.

Note: These numbers are from mid-2020, long before November, the election tampering, the Big Lie, and the insurrection.  By the times it’s over, we’ll have to build new prisons to house all these felons.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

A reader sent me this and notes, “My kind of patriotism.”

Thanks, but I’m more impressed with those who stand up against attempts to overthrow the U.S. government and obliterating rule of law.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I can completely see this.  He watched people whom he knew to be armed storming the Capitol Building, which was packed with police, congresspeople, and the Vice President.  And he did nothing for more than three hours while people were dying.

But from where I sit (and everyone else outside the DoJ), I still think the strongest cases are seditious conspiracy and treason.  Based on the evidence we already have, there’s no way on Earth Trump didn’t try to overthrow the U.S. government.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

Good point being made here.

It could be said that scientists and Republicans are the opposites of one another; in fact, most of the people in the U.S. who reject scientific evidence on things like climate change, vote counting, and pandemic control are, in fact, Republicans.

In the case of space exploration,  the object of the game is knowledge of the universe around us, not hogging huge sums of money for the super-rich.

We senior citizens remember that this most certainly wasn’t the case when we were young.  The GOP has gone from being conservative on issues like the size and role of government, to being the epitome of greed and selfishness, not to mention bat**** insanity.

It pains me deeply to see an entire country flushing itself down the toilet like this.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

At this point, it appears that Trump is approaching the end of his ability to pass off lies, and has, indeed, painted himself into a corner.

An old friend pointed out that Trump has never lost, implying that his winning streak will remain intact indefinitely.

My response: That can be said about all those who are undefeated, until their first loss.

This is shaping up to be a loss of epic proportions.

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Is anyone surprised that Trump tampered with a J6 witness?

He’s going down hard on far more serious charges, and he’s desperate.  What can we expect?

It’s amazing that he’s still in the United States.  It could be just a matter of days until he’s arrested and loses any opportunity to flee the country.

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