Bueller?
As the blog at 2GreenEnergy shoots past its 11,000th post, the world seems to be crumbling. People say we’re making a positive difference in the world, though sometimes it’s hard to know if people are listening. It’s reminiscent of this:
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Today’s Society May Not Be Sustainable, But Not Everybody Cares
There’s a great deal of truth in the graphic here, but it really isn’t a perfect analogy. If you’re an amoral member of the top 1%, there’s no reason for you to concern yourself with the well-being of other members of society. This planet may be baking like a potato, but there will always be plenty of fast cars, country clubs, attractive sex partners, juicy steaks, champagne, and all the other trappings of luxury life.
This, of course, is why most billionaires love Trump. While he’s entertaining the rabble with his outrageous antics, they’re getting rich beyond measure.
True, the middle class is being squeezed out of existence, but how bad can this be? So the United States becomes an oligarchy. What’s the downside there–when you’re one of the oligarchs?
Achieving Peace on Earth
When I was a little boy, news anchor Walter Cronkite was voted “the most trusted man in America.” He earned that trust through fair and objective reporting, while not shying away from offering an occasional bit of social commentary, as suggested here. (more…)
Trumpism and Education
The ascension of Donald Trump has virtually the whole world wondering one thing: How did this happen?
Many people speculate that it was the perfect storm of the frustration that working class Americans had with a black president, and the stagnation of their financial conditions, all of which was tapped into by what is arguably the most talented conman in history.
Though all this makes sense, there is an additional factor that played an important role in all this, and that is decades worth of deterioration of the U.S., educational system. “It’s a universal law,” begins Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn…..
Of course, not all Trump supporters are uneducated, but (nearly) all uneducated people are Trump supporters.
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Fiat 500E – Cool EV, and New To Most of the World
We Californians are familiar with the Fiat 500E, because it’s available here, and, get this, we’re the only place on Earth they’re sold–a decision that was obviously driven by California’s CAFE standard mandate. They’re not even on the market in Italy.
Yet that’s about to change, as shown here:
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Science Is a “Glorious Thing”
From Wordsmith’s “A THOUGHT FOR TODAY”:Science does correct itself and that’s the reason why science is such a glorious thing for our species. -Nigel Calder (pictured), science writer (2 Dec 1931-2014) (more…)
2020 Really Has Been Tough
We see a ton of reminders as to how terrible the year 2020 has been. And now, Christmas is delayed because the goddamn reindeer are trying to develop herd immunity, or going on strike, or whatever they’re working on here. This really does suck.
Seriously, if we are to make 2021 any better, it will be up to all of us to behave bravely and unselfishly. Perhaps a change in the U.S. White House will be the catalyst necessary to bring out the best in us.
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Sustainability: A Few Data Points
Can anyone look at this and say, “Well, this looks like a reasonable course for humankind to be taking?” (Note: Until just a few decades ago, CO2 measurements hadn’t been over 300 PPM in the last 800,000 years.)
Yes, there is hope that some miracle technology can prevent all our greed and selfishness from ruining our home planet, but hope is not a sound strategy–at least that’s what I’ve been told.
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Trump Supporters Could Get Violent, But This Could Have Been Worse
No one knows how much violence this country will experience at the hands of heavily armed and totally infuriated Trump supporters who believe their hero was removed via a fraudulent election.
Yet regardless the amount, we all need to be thankful that this is playing itself out over time, during which:
• A huge barrage of legal challenges are being slowly (but steadily) thrown out of court, and the lack of evidence for fraud becomes clearer
• Trump’s behavior become so unhinged that much of his base comes to see him as a danger to the U.S.
• His own people report that there was no significant voter fraud, and Fox News backs off on these assertions
• The stress that people suffer under the pandemic make the disappearance of Trump less dominant in their lives
• Those who shoot anti-Trumpers indiscriminately face life in prison, like the 17-year-old charged in the shooting deaths of two protesters in Wisconsin
• The shock of the loss wears off to some degree
This is bad, but it really could have been worse.
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BTW, Where’s That Republican Healthcare Plan?
In my best Trump impersonation:
Who knew healthcare was so complicated? But we have a plan, a very big plan. There are several plans, actually. The very best plans you can imagine. All your pre-existing conditions will be covered, and at a fraction of the price of Obamacare. We’ll have this whole thing rolled by Christmas.
It’s OK to say “Christmas” now. You can thank me for that, by the way.
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