Draining the Swamp
I have to admit, the point made here makes my heart beat a little faster. (more…)
Republicans Attack Trump with Series of TV Ads
It’s understandable that the Democrats are unhappy with Trump’s stonewalling Congress and telling the Supreme Court who can be investigated and who can’t. But the Republicans? Check out this TV ad, and note that its tone, while serious, is entirely civil. (more…)
Pandemic “Mask It or Casket”
The problem with the analogy here is that while those who don’t wear seat belts endanger only themselves, those who don’t wear masks endanger largely other, innocent people.
If this weren’t the case, I’m sure most people would actually encourage the stay-at-home protestors, and let natural selection take our entire civilization to a higher level.
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Trump and Responsibility
There was a time in American history, from 1776 through 2016 to be precise, during which it would have been unthinkable for a U.S. president to deny all responsibility for a national crisis, and to have shifted the blame from one target to another indiscriminately as time went by and the crisis got worse. No previous White House occupant would have even thought of trying such a chicken-s*** tack, since it would have outraged the people of this country to realize that their leader was such an abject coward.
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Making Renewable Hydrogen
I think these guys on this “renewable energy” group on Facebook like to screw with readers, getting them to buy into the most ludicrous concepts imaginable. Maybe they have an internal contest going, to see who can get the most “likes” for the most preposterous ideas. Most of these are not theoretically impossible, but they, like this one, come under the heading: not impossible, but fabulously impractical. (more…)
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Does Traditional Energy Technology Transfer into Renewables?
When I first got into the renewable energy field, my brother asked me a perfectly good question: why don’t the oil giants use their financial might to get into the industry. I gave him two answers:
They have no incentive to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, but rather to delay it as long as possible (and they’re damn good at this), and
The specific core competencies of oil exploration don’t transfer well to things like building and installing solar and wind farms, hydrokinetics, etc.
At this point, the former for the two is clearly still in place, but it appears I may have been at least partially incorrect about the latter. Check out this article on how Norway is leveraging technology from the traditional energy field into renewables. Impressive.
Climate Change Mitigation: How Goeth the War?
Here’s a wonderful article on the history of climate change mitigation from the standpoint of science and politics. How were we successful in putting a spear through the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) two decades ago, where we seem to be losing the battle to limit greenhouse gas emissions today? We seem to be doing fairly well at assembling agreements to act, but why is it so difficult to translate these into actual action? (more…)
Dems Hammer Trump on Coronavirus To the Exclusion of All Else
It’s interesting to see Biden and the other Democrats with their statements about Trump’s mishandling of the pandemic, as if 3+ years of pathological lying and blatant criminality didn’t happen. (more…)
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Trump Parody
OMG! You have to see this.
I’m sure he didn’t write it himself, but this is genius nonetheless.
I want to follow this kid and see where he goes in life.
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Trump “Dangerously Ignorant”
“Dangerously ignorant” is an interesting way to put this. He certainly is both dangerous and ignorant, but it seems at this point that the danger he represents is more based around his mental and emotional instability than his profound ignorance. (more…)
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