The question posed at left by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is a good one: Can we summon the ingenuity and courage required to save us from environmental collapse? FWIW, lots of smart people say no. Kurt Vonnegut, for example, predicted …
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Climate Change and Future Generations
The meme here speaks to many Americans’ thinking and behavior with respect to climate change mitigation. We simply tend not to embrace the needs of other human beings. There must be a reason that our approach to this subject is …
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Trump: “We’re Doing Coal”
In this video, Trump explains why “we’re doing coal,” including the notion that solar and wind are “ugly as hell.” IMO, this is simply an effort to energize his base of hateful morons. Trump must understand that the combustion of …
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Is His Ignorance the Most Disgusting Feature of this Guy? Sadly, No.
I wrote a post earlier today in which I pointed out that the level of ignorance on the part of this former state senator from Pennsylvania is truly staggering. Yet that’s not the most revolting aspect of his character. IMO, …
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Better Education? Sure, But There Is a Limit as to What It Can Accomplish
There is no doubt that the United States needs a much stronger educational system, though, as a practical matter, what we need even more is a voter base that refuses to elect the most ignorant people imaginable.
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Investing in Climate Change Mitigation
As much as I favor environmental sustainability, there is nothing in the meme here that I agree with. Investors must treat the crisis as an economy-wide threat? No. Investors have money, and they can use it however and wherever they …
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Today’s World Leaders
Points to be made here include: 1) None of these five men is an imbecile. 2) This is a place and time in which our world leaders are more demented and less interested in the welfare of others than at …
Who Believes in Climate Change?
There are two basic answers to the question: 1) Anyone who understands that the scientists who study a certain subject know more about that subject than pastry chefs or baseball coaches. 2) People with real assets at risk. Yes, this …
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Where We Stand on Climate Change
We need to acknowledge that we live in a country in which most people are scientifically illiterate. That’s just a sad consequence of living in a nation in which public education is being systematically destroyed. Where we need to draw …
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Our War Against Ourselves
The concept expressed by Rachel Carson here is not a new one; it’s a part of all non-theistic religions since the dawn of humankind. It does have a special pertinence now, however, as the world’s consumption of resources has brought …
