“Madness” is a harsh word. Can’t we soften it a bit?
After all, about 40% of Americans believe that Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kusher, with no qualifications in science, medicine, project management, government, or diplomacy, is competently bringing peace to the Middle East , managing the opioid crisis, bringing an end to the trade war with China, and handling several other pressing concerns, both international and domestic. (more…)
Trump has done everything in his power to eliminate fact, reason, and truth from policy-making in the U.S. federal government. Most of these 1600 former government scientists either quit or were fired, though a few were transferred to positions having nothing to do with science itself.
If we have four more years of this, we’ll have a government that operates purely on the whim of big business, regardless of the horrific consequences it has on the health and safety of all of humankind.
These people promote their product as follows: Spring is coming… are you SunFlower ready? These solar trackers follow the suns azimuth direction like a real sunflower.
Some people may find these aesthetically pleasing; to each one’s own. Being a practical person, however, I find them repulsive, insofar as clean energy advocates need to understand that the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of a particular source means everything, and, in the case of devices like these, it’s astronomical.
People all over the world are shaking their heads in disbelief at how far the United States has fallen in such a short period of time.
Perhaps the meme here says it best. (more…)
The photo here looks like a recipe for an embarrassing situation, doesn’t it? More to the point, of course, it’s indicative of gross incompetence.
In fact, it speaks to a level of incompetence that is rivaled only by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who, in a stunning admission of deadly ignorance, says he only just learned that asymptomatic people can transmit COVID-19.
You’re the governor of a state in which you make policy aimed at preventing 11 million people from joining the 4,638 cases of COVID-19, 139 of whom have died, and you don’t know the most fundamental and most frequently discussed facet of the disease that has been the subject of a continuous torrent of news for two solid months. Hmmmm.
Those looking for a few seconds of entertainment (?) can watch this GIF of the impact of a cat and a soccer ball, and then check out the conservation on the subject between legendary environmentalist Paul Scott (Plug-In-America co-founder) and me.
Paul Scott: I love the physics of this. (more…)
Here’s a piece on the five most viable energy storage technologies, and I’m happy to see that compressed air (CAES) is among them.
By way of update, the CAES project I represent appears very close to getting the funding it needs to proceed; it’s been a long slog, but all signs look positive at this point.
Regular readers know that big oil companies, ExxonMobil in particular, are facing enormous legal liability associated with lying to the public, especially shareholders, about what they knew as early as 1980 concerning the danger that climate change represents and the damage that their product would ultimately wreak onto humankind. (more…)
Stephen King is one of the most intelligent and astute observers of our culture and its flaws, and I agree with 99% of what he says about Donald Trump’s sociopathic nature, and the grave danger he represents to our country and to the world. (more…)
From the Los Angeles Times:
