Category: Renewables – Politics

I spend a decent amount of time on Facebook, staying in touch with old friends and trying to build a strong social media presence for 2GreenEnergy. To say the very least, this activity has its ups and downs; in particular, …

Facebook Is Home To Some Really Hateful and Ignorant Stuff Read More »

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It’s the birthday of German philosopher and theologian Georg Hegel, best known for his observation that human societies evolve via a clash of opposite viewpoints, called dialectics. He theorized that each conflict of contraries results in something new which then itself …

Happy Birthday, Georg Hegel Read More »

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A few times a week, I take a run on a beach here in Santa Barbara, and I’m always amused by the bumper-stickers on the cars in the parking lot.  To get the joke of the first one, you need …

Car Bumper-Stickers Provide Insight Into the Political Make-Up of the Community Read More »

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No comment on this article about Trump’s and Clinton’s policies re: solar and wind; the thing speaks for itself. I really hesitate to bring any of this up at all; I’m really looking forward to having this behind us, with …

Forbes: U.S. Presidential Candidates Differ Sharply on Renewable Energy Read More »

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I’ve mentioned that I volunteer to answer questions on renewable energy on the popular website Quora.com.  I have to say that the feed contains questions that are actually far more interesting than clean energy per se.  Here’s one from this …

Would a Trump Presidency Be Entertaining? Read More »

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On an average day, I get two or three action-oriented emails like this one from “Climate Hawks”: We’re delighted to endorse Morgan Carroll in Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District, challenging the climate-denying, Koch-backed incumbent Mike Coffman. Morgan is a climate hawk …

Americans’ War Against the Koch Brothers Read More »

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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is best known to us in the rest of the country as the ultra-right-wing boob who slashed taxes on the rich, only to generate a loss of $688 million in its first year of operation, sending …

If Reason and Decency Can Happen in Kansas, They Can Happen Anywhere Read More »

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Those of us concerned about the sustainability of our civilization cannot ignore, even if we’d like to, the political rancor right now to go around in the U.S.  Thus, I thought readers would in interested in this riveting debate between …

Hey, United States!  Where Are You Going? Read More »

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I’m fairly guarded with my comments on the legitimacy of capitalism as the foundation of our civilization. But holy mackerel, the Pope certainly isn’t. Say what you will about modern-day life, but you sure can’t claim it’s boring.  Think of …

Pope Francis on Capitalism and the God of Money Read More »

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Today, Americans of conscience are celebrating the first birthday of the Clean Power Plan, which provides a comprehensive new policy to underpin the rapid migration away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy, in an effort to mitigate climate change …

Clean Power Plan: Happy Birthday! Read More »