The author of the graph below is obviously bullish on renewable energy–doesn’t that have a familiar ring to it?
Seriously, that projection of renewables goes right through the roof, and that’s a good thing, of course. (more…)
Here’s an article on synthetic fuels in Spanish, beneath which are my (sketchy) translation and comments.
El innovador combustible hecho de aire que se está produciendo en Paises Bajos y con el que quieren revolucionar la aviación.
La empresa dirigida por Oskar Meijerink, ubicada en los Paises bajos, planea hacerlo con una tecnología para captar del aire el CO2, el gas que contribuye al calentamiento global. (more…)
As suggested here, removing Trump from office comes with an enormous added benefit.
What could be more satisfying than exterminating an entire nest of sewer rats by checking one single box?
Five years ago, I wrote this piece on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and an interview I had seen in which Melinda mused: “It’s weird. When I visit them, all I want to talk about is vaccines; all they want to talk about is contraception.”
From my post: (more…)
I met the people from Eos at an energy storage event in San Diego many moons ago, perhaps 2010. One of their reps told me that they were right around the corner from a commercially available zinc-air battery that would be on the market at $160/kWh, which impressed the heck out of me. (more…)
If there is anything to like about the state of American politics as we sit here today, less than three months before the 2020 elections, it’s the simplicity of the whole thing. The proud home-owner whose lawn sports this sign has laid out a beautifully clear statement as to why he supports the re-election of the 45th President of the United States.
This, btw, is why Trump’s approval rating cannot fall beneath a certain level. There are many tens of millions of American voters who think the four words on this sign explain everything a voter needs to know in order to cast an informed ballot.
Fortunately, at this point, those people are trailing by a significant margin in the polls, but anything can happen between now and November 3rd–and probably will.
Let’s add onto that:
How to live with a government being taken over by a criminal sociopath, and a society so fixated on gratifying its own selfish desires that it’s become the only one on Earth to have allowed a pandemic to spin out of control.
As shown at left and in the comments below, there are entire communities of people who believe the pandemic is a hoax. I thought readers may be amused, horrified, or some combination of the two by the discussion here.
Person A: Absolutely true..the facts would speak for themselves
Person B: Haha that’s so TRUE!! 😂😫
Person C: Yes so true. It is real on the TV and to those who watch it and go into agreement. One can only imagine the intelligence that the Worlds (sic) politician’s (sic) are receiving.
Person D: There are many studies being written and paid for right now to prove this is wrong.
Craig Shields The only problem here is that it’s completely false. Between my wife and me, we know five people who have died of COVID-19 thus far.
Person E: I’m sorry, this is not only a rude and ridiculous post but invalidates those of us whos (sic) family members, neighbors and clients contracted it. Certain aspects of the total scenario may be mis-represented or even false, but the actual symptoms from Covid19 overshadow anything experienced by “the flu” and for the people and families who get hit hard, the death is awful. Simple flu doesn’t shut down your lungs and doesn’t put you on a ventilator. You live in lala land if you believe what you posted.
Person F: While I don’t (sic) agree with shutting down the world for a disease that 98% survive, I will say it is real. Cremating my mom who died of covid, yesterday.
Person G: It’s a stupid and insulting meme, unsurprisingly especially to those who’ve lost loved ones, who have not just a right but an obligation to speak the truth to the issue.
Craig Shields: My issue with this isn’t that it’s asinine (which it is), but rather that it’s a criminally harmful thing to do. Trying to convince others that the entirety of the scientific community is lying and that there is no need to protect themselves and others in the middle of a pandemic is a profoundly deeply destructive act.
A few questions about Trump’s rant at Ohio’s campaign rally:
• Biden is going to hurt an omnipotent being? The writings of an omnipotent being?
• Republicans have been saying that Democrats are somehow going to (somehow) nullify the Second Amendment and “take away your guns” for as long as I can remember. Are there still people stupid enough to believe this, after all these decades? (more…)
Gary Tulie writes: Since we all breath the same air and stand to suffer one way or another from climate change, I hope we can all set aside political rivalries to continue and expand cooperation on the further refinement of these technologies.
Right. On the one hand we must do this. On the other, a) there is not precedent of anything even remotely like this in human history, and b) authoritarian leaders like Putin, Erdogan, Kim, Xi, Duterte, and Maduro, as well as elected but wannabe dictators like Netanyahu, Trump and Bolsonaro control their populations in part with messages of nationalism.
