Need a Reason To Smile?
Not smiling as much as you used to?
Wannabe dictators got you down?
Need a reason to appreciate the unity of humankind?
Why not try a little Stairway to Heaven on for size?
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Global Food System: An Exercise in Energy Waste
Represented at left is a big part of what’s wrong with our international food system.
I don’t want to eat pears that have travelled 20,000 miles to get to my grocery store.
Btw, I love Trader Joes, though I seldom buy their produce for this very reason.
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Video on Transportation Offers Physics Quiz
Here’s a video that’s been circulating on social media.
Eventually, Bill Moore of EVWorld.com fame, asked, “Okay, someone explain the physics here. Newton’s 3rd law of action/reaction. Air being forced into an umbrella is dispersed into a wider surface area then if he simply pointed the blower behind him?”
I was hoping that some smart person like Bill would come along and notice that the laws of physics, specifically, Newton’s 3rd law of motion (for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction) makes this impossible; it’s staged.
Given this set-up, the guy would actually be moving backward, because the thrust in reverse would be greater than forward. If he threw away the umbrella and aimed the leaf blower behind him, there would be some (extremely small) forward thrust.
Think about the jet engine. The airplane is propelled forward because mass is being shot out the back.
Flooding Hot Spots: Why Seas Are Rising Faster on the U.S. East Coast
Sea-level rise is of great concern to climate scientists and, of course, to those who live in flood-prone regions. What’s interesting, though, is that certain coastlines are far more affected by this phenomenon than others.
Why? Well, it’s explained in full here, but the short version is that the oceans don’t rise evenly, as they were one huge collection of connected bathtubs. They slosh around, like enormous kiddie pools, and that sloshing undergoes some steady forces that make it non-random.
Trump Officials Worry: ‘How Much Trump Stink Is On My Resume Right Now?’
I hate to sound unsympathetic, but perhaps this is a question they should have been asking themselves before they decided to work for a criminal sociopath. This is especially true of those who came along later in his term, when all of Trump’s horrible characteristics had become even clearer than they were at first and his behavior became ever more erratic and self-serving. (more…)
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Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Vancouver became the first city to sign an initiative called the “Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty,” an effort along the lines of earlier global agreements that the world put into place to prevent nuclear war and the destruction of Earth’s ozone layer.
The Paris Accord has similar aims, though it doesn’t specify how and when fossil fuels should be phased out.
Below is a great introductory video.
John Kelly’s Assessment of Trump’s Character Isn’t Too High, But Does It Matter?
From this:
John Francis Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served as the White House Chief of Staff for President Donald Trump from July 31, 2017, to January 2, 2019. He had previously served as Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration. (more…)
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Trump MIGHT Leave the Country??
Might?? Trump might leave the country?
Like there’s another way to avoid criminal indictments from hear to Halifax?
In the quite probable event that he loses, is anyone stupid enough to think he won’t try to disappear, along with his entire family of criminals?
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The Rise of Climate Denial
Reader Jay asks for my response here:
I’m curious on your take on what seems like an increase in anti climate change events like the one you reference in your post (“Are Environmental Protectors “Alarmists?”). That video has probably a very small influence, compared to, for example, the terrible “Planet of the Humans” by Michael Moore, of which I saw numerous interviews with (director) Gibb and Moore. (more…)
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Climate Change Projects Have Been Remarkably Accurate
From reader Jim K.: Regarding your post Are Environmental Protectors “Alarmists?”, I would point out that one side argues that CO2 is the primary control valve for planetary temperatures. The other side argues that CO2 plays a role, but there are many other powerful forces in play, a good many of which are not well understood. Given the dismal record of climate prediction accuracy, I side with the latter group. (more…)
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