You’re Not Voting for President

So many things are at stake here. Presuming Biden’s momentum propels him to victory in the primary and again in the general, regardless of how much there is to dislike about the man and his platform, we need to think of relief of pain and suffering and stress this will provide for so many people on this planet, both now and far into the future.
For a moment, look at this purely from an environmental perspective. At first glance, it seems that the letter grade of the guy setting U.S. environment policy will go from an F to perhaps a C-. But then consider that F is the grade one gets for doing nothing. 0% is an F. What Trump’s doing isn’t nothing; it’s attacking the remaining environmental protections so as to create the most precipitous decline possible.
So many things start to get so much better the very moment Trump leaves.

The Rocky Mountain Institute was featured on last Sunday’s edition of CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which featured a discussion of how RMI will work with the government of The Bahamas to implement microgrids to improve resilience in this and other island economies as they recover from hurricanes.
A reader sent me the meme here and writes: Seems like a repeat of 2016. Not sure why folks think there will be a different outcome.
Amee, I understand that you’re upset, but I want to point out that it wasn’t “for nothing.” 83% of his enormous tax breaks went to making rich people richer.
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Some people object to the passages in the New Testament of the Bible to the effect that those who leave this world without accepting Christ as their savior are going to spend eternity burning in hell. They point out that, in the developing world, nine million children die each year before the age of five, whose families have no knowledge of Christ nor access to Christianity, and that such an approach to sorting out the souls of the departed is incompatible with the notion of a loving God.
Houston-based oil giant ConocoPhillips notes: Between 2000-2016, the natural gas and oil industry invested $108 billion on new technologies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions — and U.S. emissions are at their lowest level in a generation. We must continue working together, to develop climate-related solutions that will protect the environment for future generations while producing the energy we need.
It’s interesting to track celebrities’ reactions to Trump. He actually has a few supporters: Ted Nugent, Jon Voight, Gary Busey, Loretta Lynn, Kirstie Alley, Mike Tyson and few prominent criminal/misogynist rappers. In general, they tend to be people whose career is either over, or is one that can thrive while being despised by decent and kind people.
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The meme below reminds me of a chance encounter I had with three exchange students from Copenhagen the other day. We were talking about Denmark’s #2 ranking in the World Happiness Index (behind Finland).