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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

Regarding the claim at left, I doubt it.

It’s true that most reasonable people reject the ideas of Christian fundamentalists, whether we’re talking about creationism, or worse, the concept all non-believers–Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, etc.– are doomed to spend eternity in hell.

Having said that, I would suggest that most atheists simply don’t accept the assertion that an omnipotent being created the 200,000 species of insects on Earth, and so forth. They find no reason to believe this.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

What are the effects of Trump’s dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research?

Well, according to this article in Forbes, there are (or “were”) eight benefits that each and every one of us derives.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

“The United States was practically dead at the end of the Biden Administration but in less than a year, I (Donald Trump) have made it the hottest country on Earth.”

H.L. Mencken said that no one has ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. Yet here, we just may have found the limit to that idea.

When his base listened to Trump’s speech the other evening, a large number of them went away shocked and disappointed. Even our country’s least educated and most hateful people are vaguely aware that, one year ago, our nation had a robust economy, and certainly a more cohesive social structure.

Moreover, they’re not thrilled that the president, in his arrogance and narcissism, is putting his name on public buildings and having plaques affixed to walls in the White House that point out the shortcomings of Trump’s predecessors, making it clear that his presidency is at or near the top in U.S. history.

We’re tired of this insanity.  And by “we,” I mean pretty damn close to all of us.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

How confusing is this?

The U.S. president bombs people who may be drug dealers (some are, some aren’t), for some purpose.  To rile up his base?  To lead us into war?  To steal another country’s oil?

It’s hard to know, but in any case, it’s a clear violation of international law.

Here’s my question: When does the International Criminal Court get involved?  Do more innocent people have to get murdered?  How many more?

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Wind Energy

If you’re interested in this, you might want to ask yourself:

Do I have good wind conditions 10 – 20 feet off the ground, surrounded by other houses and trees?

Mustn’t there be a reason that real wind farms are cited away from buildings, and the turbines are hundreds of feet in the air?

Why did the small wind industry vanish about 15 years ago?

 

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Readers: I’m conducting interviews on this subject. Please contact me if you know anyone whose life has improved due to the deportations.

I’m thinking about a variety of things, like more job openings, better prices on strawberries and other fruits/vegetables, more profitable farms and meat packing plants, lower crime rates, better service in restaurants, less expensive access to healthcare, higher satisfaction rates of citizens in “war-torn” cities like Portland due to the presence of our military, greater respect for the U.S. in foreign countries (perhaps resulting in more tourism), or more affordable housing due to our ridding ourselves of the impoverished people qualifying for mortgages and buying up all our real estate.

Anything.

I’m not picky.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

The message at left is that we live among people who believe that every U.S. citizen should be armed at all times.  Every teacher, real estate agent, pastry chef, little old lady, and perhaps even our kids themselves, so often murdered by lunatics with assault rifles.

I can hear the Lt. Colonel saying, “The only thing that will stop a psychotic killer with an AR-15 in a schoolroom is a six-year-old with a gun.”

Seriously, there is an important fact here: each year, the United States has 78% of the world’s mass shootings; the other 22% are the aggregate of the other 200+ nations of the world.

Are more guns the answer?

 

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

At left are the words of Neil deGrasse Tyson, noted astrophysicist and atheist.

His point here seems to be that a loving god would protect us from the threats we face from all corners of the universe.

This is a very common theme in theology: How is it possible that a loving god doesn’t help good people, while allowing evil to prosper?

But it gets worse.  Is it a human concept to sentence the unfaithful to suffer eternal torture?  Should unfaithful wives be stoned to death?

The list goes on and on.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

20th Century Austrian-American economist and devout anti-communist Ludwig von Mises clearly believed what he said at left, and there were plenty of examples in the 1900s to support his concept.

Now, 50 years after his death, we wonder what he would think about today’s United States.

The U.S. has an economy that’s as close to unadulterated capitalism as anyone could imagine, but we have a president who is most definitely an authoritarian, a would-be dictator.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

I like that!

When, at age perhaps 5, I asked my grandfather how it was possible that reindeer could fly, he told me, “They’re buoyant.” I didn’t buy it, but I appreciated his effort.

This is how far our stories about Santa Claus have progressed in just a few decades.

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