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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles

EV World’s Bill Moore writes, ” It was inevitable, I suppose, but the Q-Anon crowd is now spreading the latest wacko conspiracy that the reason the Biden Administration is pushing for the shift to electric cars is so the government can OTA (over the air) disable vehicles of people they consider threats.”

The QAnon phenomenon is interesting, in that all these ideas hang together in one coherent mass.  If you believe, for instance, that the government planned the pandemic so as to control the population, why wouldn’t you believe they want to take charge of your cars?

Having said all this, and in all honesty, the capacity of police to disable a car would mean the end of high-speed chases and the carnage they produce.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

I remember with great fondness the interview I conducted with economist Nate Hagens, Ph.D., as a key part of my second book (Is Renewable Really Doable?).  Nate had invited me to a day-long meeting of the Aspen Institute, and we spoke over lunch.

The whole session turned out to be a unique experience, as I’ve never in my entire life, before or since, been exposed to so much top-level thinking.  As I told him when I left during the closing wine and cheese, “Thanks so much for everything, Nate, but I need to catch a train, and besides, my brain hurts.”

I was delighted to receive an email from him yesterday, in which he introduced the video series he’s been working on.  Here’s a part of it that blew me away, “The Human Superorganism,” which explains the plight that human civilization finds itself in, in terms of economic theory.  I hope you’ll check it out.

 

 

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

A reader sent me this pic of the RJ Reynolds’ (cigarette) mansion.  Nice place. I hope the family enjoyed it.

That’s because I’m sure they hope there’s not an afterlife during which people who caused the suffering of millions in their current lifetimes suffer similarly in the next.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

In response to the possible end of the Amazon rainforest, a reader notes: In general, human life on Earth is not as intelligent as we wish we were.

Intelligence may have something to do with it, but more obvious, to me at least, is the incomprehensible greed and selfishness of the world’s most powerful people, and their astonishing lack of compassion and concern for others.

Most of the world’s population actually does care about the future of humankind, but sadly, we’re not the ones who are making the strategic decisions concerning our industrial policies.  Our choices that drive the way we provide our planet’s energy, transportation, and agriculture are made by people to whom their immediate wealth and power mean far more than the well-being of a planet that is rapidly becoming a wasteland.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Putin may not be any more criminally insane than the others, but there is an important difference: he is sitting on 6000 nuclear warheads.

It’s not about NATO’s fear of being “defanged.”  It’s about their interest in preventing the end of human civilization.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Whether or not this is actually going to happen is anybody’s guess.  One would think that any self-respecting bar association would want to remove anyone who actively participated in overturning an honest election.

Various people have referred to Powell’s actions as “abuse of process.”  This goes so much further than that.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Over 90% of Americans support common sense gun laws that our Congress refuses even to discuss.  In particular, the vast majority of us wish the spectacle on the right here were not part of our culture.

The lady on the left, however, has the blessings of almost everyone on Earth.  Godspeed.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Apparently, the mechanics of removing a Postmaster General once installed are not straightforward.

That’s a shame, because watching Congress applying Band-Aids onto what’s left of the U.S. Post Office is not at all pleasing to loyal Americans who hate to see our nation’s infrastructure torn to shreds.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

As you watch this short video featuring a herd of elephants crossing a road, notice that the big guy close to the back starts to slow down, and then his reasoning becomes clear.

In these dark times, let’s remember to acknowledge any act of kindness, regardless of how apparently insignificant.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I can’t confirm that this is true, but it seems likely.

And when we think about it, the idea of “onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war” is anything but a new concept.

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