In response to the meme here, I would say that it depends on one’s definition of “market.” If we mean the market of today, in which corporations are free to use our atmosphere as their own private sewers, and convert our rainforests into pastureland for the 2.94 million cows that they slaughter each year, then yes, we need to rethink our system (whatever that means). (more…)
I’m going to say that this is a joke and not a real concept. Why?
a) It’s asinine. Philadelphia is at 40 degrees north latitude, so on average, you’re losing ~24% simply by installing solar on a flat roof, i.e., without orienting it towards the sun. Putting PV on the walls is even worse. The solar PV industry is under enough pressure that it doesn’t need to make matters even worse.
b) The numbers it quotes make this look even more ridiculous. It’s 176 lousy kilowatts, about 10 times the size of a typical American rooftop array?
While it’s true that there have been projects like this that were built merely for show, they send the message: “We don’t know what we’re talking about.”
Not buying it.
Here’s a young man with a wonderful life ahead of him. At his tender age, he seems to have grasped something that a great number of older Americans will go to their graves not understanding.
Our nation is consumed by racial hatred, brutality and cruelty, and the indifference to the suffering of others. These are not the traits of any great nation.
One can only hope that the incoming administration can act as a catalyst in healing our tortured society.
German-born playwright Bertold Brecht escaped Nazi Germany in 1933; after brief stints in Prague and Paris, he ultimately landed in Copenhagen. At left is the warning he gave the rest of the world when Hitler fell in 1945.
The reason that this admonition is so relevant in today’s world is obvious: At the surface, what has come to be called “Trumpism” will soon be repudiated. At that point, the United States will experience some level of sanity and decency from its new president, for the first time in four years, and this has the nation hoping for the best: the application of science in handling the pandemic, the return of rule of law, a cabinet that is put in place to serve the American people (rather than to punish them), a revival of environmental responsibility, and a refocus on quality public education. (more…)
Reader A: You go, girl…somewhere else. QAnon is probably hiring…..
Reader B: Boy, that’s a pretty huge pile of BS! This woman has proven herself incredibly competent on the highest stage in the land against some of the most vindictive scumbags ever issued White House Press Passes! I think you know that too. Your hate and jealousy are showing. She’ll certainly have a productive life ahead of her! (more…)
Since Trump became a thing on the U.S. political scene in 2015, there has been a running debate: Is Trump the cause of the hate, racism, and lies that is enveloping our formerly great nation, or is he the symptom of these characteristics that had lain dormant in our citizenry until he arrived? My (admittedly imperfect) translation of the Spanish at left goes like this:
The citizens and the vote of hate
The question will linger in the air: How is it possible that 70 million (US) citizens, practically half, voted this week to keep a man in power who has turned into the epitome of lying, bullying, hate, ignorance, narcissism, and authoritarianism? And even worse, yet knowing all this, that (many in) the United States would prefer him again? (more…)
Question: There are at least three central problems with the idea put forth here, i.e., installing wind turbines under bridges. What are they?
Relevance: A great deal of thought goes into siting wind farms. This idea doesn’t reflect any of that.
From this: A South Dakota nurse whose tweets went viral over the weekend says the hardest part of her job is convincing some critically ill patients that they really do have COVID-19. “Their last dying words are, ‘This can’t be happening, it’s not real,” Jodi Doering said on CNN. “Even after positive results come back, they don’t believe it.” (more…)
Obviously, there is a difference between cancelling and altering plans for the holidays, but that’s not the most objectionable aspect of this meme. Rather, it promotes the idea of violating state and local government guidelines that are put into place to protect the health of those around us.
I know I’m not alone in saying that living “life to its fullest” is inconsistent with selfishly endangering other people’s lives. (more…)
The task of this “gentleman,” which is rooting out disloyal staffers, is a difficult one indeed–and one that will soon become impossible, simply because there will be no one left.
We can try to put ourselves in these unfortunate people’s shoes, but what does it mean in practical terms to be completely loyal to a man who is in the process of committing a wide array of heinous crimes, from fraud to negligent homicide to obstruction to treason–and is involving his employees as accessories to those crimes on an increasingly intimate basis? How many people are so loyal to Trump that they’re willing to follow him into lengthy prison sentences?
Though it would seem like the answer is zero, that may not be the case. We’ll soon find out.
