2GreenEnergy supporter and public intellectual Stephen Lacey writes, This is the defining moment of our hyperpartisanship. If Trump can convince Americans that 100,000 deaths is a triumph (it’s very possible), I have absolutely no hope that the tribalist rot in our system can be healed. (more…)
It’s the birthday of French mathematician, scientist and philosopher, a true badass of Western thought, Rene Descartes, most famous for his line, “I think therefore I am.” (more…)
These people claim, “A US start-up has created vodka quite literally from thin air – using solar power to convert carbon from the air and convert it into alcohol. It’s now working with NASA to look at other opportunities for capturing carbon.” (more…)
Those who think my posts have a negative tone to them certainly have a point, which is why I hesitated before republishing this graphic.
In the end, I couldn’t resist, perhaps because it’s so well done.
It’s worth pointing out that we, every one of us, figure into the mix here, as to the ultimate disposition of our civilization.
Ironically, the coronavirus has served a useful purpose in that, at this point, it’s clear to everyone that business as usual isn’t working, and that some participation from all of us is required to avert catastrophe.
Will we make it happen? In time? Stay tuned.
Here’s a cogent interview with a journalist who explores why there is so little good news in today’s media; everything’s bad today, and it will be even worse tomorrow. He notes that this is the precise opposite of the way we raise our children: we encourage, we celebrate success, we describe the world as a nice place to live. (more…)
“Mississippi’s never going to be China.” True. In China, children get good educations and compete effectively in the world economy. Right now, there are 362,000 Chinese students earning doctorate degrees.
Meanwhile, Mississippi ranks 48th in education among the 50 states. (more…)
From Business Insider:
• In the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in the US, President Donald Trump’s main focus was on keeping the number of infections low, Politico reporter Dan Diamond told NPR on Thursday. (more…)
When you come across Tweets like this one, ostensibly from La Mesa, California lawyer Scott McMillan, isn’t your first reaction to call it BS? Isn’t it impossible that someone with a JD degree, regardless of how far to the political right, could believe that it might be a good idea for 8,275,066 Americans to be sent to their deaths by the coronavirus in order to save the economy? This is an idea that would make a Nazi blush. (more…)
From this article:
President Donald Trump’s latest target, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, told a radio station Friday that medical supply vendors informed her they’ve been told “not to send stuff” to her state amid the battle against COVID-19. (more…)
This is our 10,000th blog post here. It contains no political rant, viewpoints on cleantech, or pleas for environmental stewardship…just gratitude.
Thanks to our many commenters, content contributors, interns, graphic artists, video producers, web designers, TV and radio hosts who’ve had me on their shows, college professors who’ve made my books mandatory reading, trade show marketing partners, subject matter experts who volunteered for interviews, proofreaders, book publishers, and especially, to our clients. (more…)
