Dairy Farms and Renewable Energy
My guess is that dairy is on its way out. All the positive PR and advertising (“Got Milk?”) in the universe cannot mitigate the fact that milk products are not conducive to human health. In addition to the carbs and calories, there are certain mysteries that are reason for concern, e.g., Why are we the only species of animal that consumes the milk of another species?
Also, insofar as beef and dairy are responsible for 14% of all our carbon emissions, the whole cow-thing needs to get left behind.
As we make this transition, if dairy farmers want to generate clean energy, I hope they’ll do it in more effective ways than tiny, isolated bits of solar PV and small wind shown here. As long as we have cows, there is no reason that they can’t graze under wind turbines that are hundreds of times larger than these.
Since the area of a circle is proportionate to the square of the radius, doubling the radius quadruples the area, and thus the power of the turbine.
Here’s a blurb on the interview I conducted with 
Here’s an excellent point about the “sanctity of life,” not that it’s news.
I understand this guy is vigorously promoting his new book, and that he’s looking for soft, palatable suggestions to fix what’s wrong with U.S. politics. But give me a break. His solution is to “pass the baton” to younger people?
Those not familiar with the One America News Network (OAN) should think of it as Fox News on steroids. Take someone with the most outrageous, easily debunked far-right-wing claims about Trump, the “stolen election,” critical race theory, wokeism, Biden’s “senility,” you name it, put a camera in front of him, and you have OAN.
This from Pastor John Pavlovitz: If there’s a hell, it will be for professed Christians who pretended to care about “life” while making this place a living hell for so much of it.
Occasionally, when I come across something like this quote from Carl Sagan, I ask myself how open I am to admitting to myself that I’ve been bamboozled.
IMO, this is the definitive argument for keeping government out of the business of limiting abortion in any way (let alone banning it).
This from Brian Stelter, American TV anchor and chief media correspondent for CNN, re: a quote from Jeffrey Toobin, legal analyst for CNN.
