Solar and wind produce 12% of the energy the U.S. consumes, according to this report, a figure that has doubled in the last five years. Teaming up with nuclear, the three carbon-free sources of power are steadily replacing coal. Coal generation dropped a record-breaking 8.3 percent in the first half of 2020, compared to the same period in 2019.
This is happening, but will it happen in time? (more…)
Gary Tulie writes:
The UN issued a report criticising the US for allowing some of its citizens to live in such abject poverty that they had to live with open sewers in rural Alabama.
When I searched for similar in the EU, I could not find any reference to any similar situation – in fact any EU country allowing such a situation would face court action in the European Court of Justice for breaking water quality rules! (more…)
Long-term 2GreenEnergy supporter Garry Tulie writes:
If tough on crime works, how come the US has a massively higher prison population than the EU, and still has way higher levels of violent crime! (more…)
Trump’s behavior was never measured or sane, but at least it was predictable insofar as it was self-serving. Now it’s become so erratic that it’s actively self-destructive.
How on Earth is this not going to cost him votes?
At left we see what could be accomplished with a wealth tax.
Getting there is going to be a b****, however, given the current state of corruption in the United States and around the world. The wealthy and powerful, who essentially own the law-making process, would have to decide to tax themselves.
Since the probability of that is one in a bazillion, we’ll have to content ourselves with the hypothetical nature of the magic red button.
Michelle Obama is an intelligent, articulate, and, above all, extremely refined human being. In her speech the other night she said Trump was the “wrong president for our country.”
That’s putting it so kindly, it’s actually kind of funny. Would he be the right person for some other country? (more…)
The meme hear sounds good; it almost rolls off the tongue. But it’s untrue.
Equal rights means, to take an example, that white people no longer have the right to ban people of color from their country clubs and tony neighborhoods. It means that a racist presidential administration can no longer violate U.S. and international law, and lock Hispanic children in cages–regardless of how much joy they might derive from doing so.
Personally, I’m more than OK with this, but the garden-variety white American racist will fight it to the death.
Done? Well, losing the support of the top spokespeople in the Republican Party may not be auspicious, but it’s not the end. Most Republicans will remain Trump supporters, regardless of what they hear from people like Powell and Kasich (and those below), because:
1) The garden variety hateful ignoramus loves Trump for his brutality against people of color, and
2) The amoral rich are hoping for another tax break.
It’s not over till it’s over.
A friend took this pic during her morning walk in Santa Monica, CA.
Yes, you’re more likely to see this in California, than, say, Kansas, but it’s a statement shared by the majority of Americans. After this race-baiting sociopath leaves office, via whatever means, this nation will rebuild its cultural fabric and move forward to a more just and inclusive society.
This just in: Trump discouraged Americans from purchasing Goodyear tires after it was reported that company employees in Kansas were told not to wear “Make America Great Again” attire or other politically-affiliated gear: “This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!” (more…)
