A reader reacted to my recent post centering around energy analyst Robert Rapier’s explanation of the role that U.S. presidents play in determining the price of gas. She writes: “I am sure the price of gas is a complicated issue, …
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I thought I’d publish this piece by senior energy analyst Robert Rapier, and then comment on it. If you are one of those people still raging about Biden and gasoline prices, then I can put you into one of three …
Centrist? What does that mean? She’s impeding our country’s transitioning to clean energy, even though there is widespread support for 100% clean energy by 2035. From the article linked below: The results (of a survey of 22K+ people) are overwhelmingly …
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As if anyone couldn’t have seen this coming, the value of Trump’s real estate holdings have taken a hit as a result of his politics. Well before Trump was elected, I happened to be speaking with a woman sitting next …
Obviously, the racist and xenophobic rants of people like Tucker Carlson and alleged child sex trafficker Matt Gaetz are aimed at a less intelligent audience than the American people as a whole, but really, how stupid do you have to …
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I have to admit that I’ve endured a spate of total bull*** from submissions from my reader base lately. The meme here is a good example. Answers: a) The two have nothing to do with one another. Here’s Ronald Reagan …
From this piece on Brexit: See that pic (at left)? That’s a portrait of life in modern-day Britain. There’s shortages of everything, from gas, to food, to milk, to beer. Here’s a modern society running out of something completely fundamental …
Government By Ignorant, Hateful People Never Turns Out Well Read More »
What Noam Chomsky says here is, of course, true. It’s a broader, more generalized statement than what we say when we talk about the externalities of the fossil fuel world. They keep the profits, we all pay the price of …
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Someone sent me this with the note: “Designed to make people feel like they are doing their part…” I see the point. Greenwashing does exist. But I would urge you not to be too cynical. Most of what’s happening in …
Here’s a funny little meme on Americans’ pathological distrust of science. Most of the people who reject science are selective in the type of science they reject. Most of these nut-jobs accept that we shoot rockets into space and that …
