Removing Trump

Given all this, let’s all observe the point made in the meme here. I’ve voted for Green Party candidates in the past, but not when there’s so much on the line.

Given all this, let’s all observe the point made in the meme here. I’ve voted for Green Party candidates in the past, but not when there’s so much on the line.

Good question. It’s that the fossil fuel companies receive enormous subsidies, making their products artificially cheap. The largest two components are: (more…)


She’s certainly not alone in her belief that we Americans have received precisely what we deserved, and, for many of us, this is the most maddening aspect of the whole thing: we’ve realized for the first time the true character of 40+% of our electorate, and it’s not an easy thing to realize.

If I were the receptionist I would have called security and had him removed as quickly and forcibly as possible.

About 30 years later, (master of rock guitar improvisation) Frank Zappa said this (starts at 13:25 in the interview), i.e., performing note-for-note guitar solos is not much different than punching a timeclock. (more…)

Are there boaters who don’t like deck space? Other people?

Until the pandemic came along, I was a part-time Uber driver; I used Uber as a constructive and enjoyable way to take perhaps two or three breaks per day from all the reading and writing I do. Instead of making myself a sandwich and gaining another half-pound, I get to meet cool people from all over the world. Insofar as this is a wine-tasting destination, it’s rife with tourists, who tend to be friendly, sophisticated, and quite easy to engage in conversation. (more…)

Michael Moore at the Cannes Film Festival, 2019
Here’s something I just wrote to a friend who praised Michael Moore’s new documentary, Planet of the Humans.
As the author of four books on renewable energy (and 9000+ blog posts on cleantech more generally), let me weigh in. The film is a patchwork of cherry-picked half-truths and ideas that are deliberately misstated or taken out of context. If this were 2012, a lot of this (but not all) would be true, but, again, at this point it’s almost entirely garbage. (more…)