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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Interesting to see that the public reaction to the 1918 pandemic wasn’t qualitatively different than it is today.  Apparently, there were people who needed to be told, “Do not disregard the advice of a specialist just because you don’t understand,” and “Do not think you are entitled to special privileges.”

There are, however, some important differences.

Quantitatively, one suspects that the percentage of anti-vaxxers/anti-maskers must have been much lower back then.  It’s doubtful that there were entire cults built around the theory that the government was conspiring with the medical health community to control the mind of the public. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Of course.  But that was before we had Trump supporters, QAnon, flat Earthers, climate deniers, and all the other idiots who reject science.

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Lindell appears crazy, but it’s far more likely that he’s simply a showman, profiting from every second he’s on camera.  In any case, his followers are far crazier than he could possibly be himself.

His claim: “I have irrefutable evidence that the election was rigged.”  Nobody seems to be responding, “Well, do you mind actually showing it to us?”

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

A friend sent me this and asked for my comments.

Until 1865, most of what existed south of the Mason-Dixon line was built predominantly by white ownership of black slaves.

More importantly, the remnants of those days still remain in place.  Black Americans are severely underrepresented at the top of the corporate hierarchy and the highest echelons of government. They face discrimination in virtually every aspect of life in America: income, wealth, health, housing, lending, country club membership, education quality, criminal conviction and punishment, and political representation (Congress has had 11 blacks in 255 years).

The oncoming effects of climate change and other types of environmental disaster will disproportionately affect blacks, just as there is an above-average level of chemical toxicity in black neighborhoods today.

I invite those who may question all this to check out this short but powerful video:

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

If I’m not mistaken, “being vocal” in today’s climate means speaking out about the stolen election and the rest of the far-right idiocy.

For me, this brings back to mind the days in the 1990’s, when I was running a marketing services agency with as many as 110 employees.   It never occurred to me to concern myself with their politics. Only a few had bumper stickers, so the subject would have had to come up in conversation, which it rarely did.

Of course, it didn’t matter much.  Clinton was in office, a moderate Democrat.  He beat George H.W. Bush, and then Bob Dole and Ross Perot.  None of these people were sociopaths, and had one of my employees favored one, it wouldn’t have bothered me.

Fast forward to today where being a Republican means buying the Big Lie, denying climate change, accepting (or perhaps engaging in) white nationalism, and maintaining that vaccinations are an attempt by the government to control our minds. I can’t say I would be as sanguine with having that belief system in my office.

I can understand that identifying oneself as a lunatic might be a career-limiting move.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

IMO, the U.S. president is given too much blame when bad things happen and too much credit when good things happen.

Reasonable people hate Trump for his brazen criminality, but not for every mishap that took place around the globe over his four years in office.

Biden didn’t evacuate 58,700+ people from Afghanistan personally; he followed the directions he received from a huge team of advisors.

Last week Biden took a hit for pulling out.  Do you think he did this countermanding what his generals were telling him?

We commonly see idiots blaming Biden for high gas prices, as if he creates the supply and demand conditions that determine that price.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

More than 70% of the calls to poison control in the state of Mississippi concern the use of ivermectin, a horse dewormer, as a treatment for COVID-19, even though the medical community has been clear that this is as dangerous as it is ineffective.  Where could all these people be getting their tragic misinformation? See video below.

Anyone can see what’s going to happen next.  The loved ones of all these murder victims will sue.  Fox News’ attorneys will make the case that no reasonable person takes anything on the channel seriously.  This line of defense will prevail, as it always has in the past.  Then it’s on to the next atrocity.  “Rinse and repeat,” as they say.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles 
Gary Tulie writes from his home office in Buckinghamshire, England, a bit northwest of London:

Hi Craig, 

This is how the market is going for EV charging in the UK.  Smart chargers are enabling very favourable charging tariffs - about a third of the usual price of residential electricity. 
This is enabled by telling the charger when you need your car charged by, and letting the supplier decide when to do the charging. 

Thanks.  Very good news.  The price of electricity isn't a huge driver of the EV market in the U.S., but a program like this certainly can't hurt.

One hopes that this works out such that the charging is done with renewable energy, e.g., choosing to charge in the middle of the day when solar is abundant.
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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Does Florida governor Ron DeSantis really believe his own anti-vax rhetoric?  Could it be that he’s playing his hand this way because the state is home to so many morons who believe this crap?

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Unfortunately, we as a nation don’t think well enough to understand this.

We simply can’t muster the required intelligence, and, even if we could, we don’t want to.  Trump supporters hate Biden, and reason has absolutely nothing to do with it.

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