Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: I can’t help wondering if your passionate crusade against “big oil” isn’t counter-productive….The average person doesn’t want an existing crusade, filled with revolutionary risk and perils. Indignation at injustice is and has always been a key …
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According to the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of novelist Joseph Heller (books by this author), born in Brooklyn (1923) and best known for the novel Catch-22 (1961), about an American bombardier named John Yossarian. During World War II, Yossarian …
We Want a Sustainable Civilization, But There’s a Catch Read More »
Here’s a video I put on my Facebook page, with introduction: Those seeking to know why things in our country are so screwed up need look no further than this. My old friend Steve Vachss writes: This woman makes some …
As we note today’s anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord in the early part of the American Revolution, it’s hard not to think of the parallels to the current scene here in the modern-day U.S. In particular, 241 …
The Battles of Lexington and Concord: How They Translate Into Our World Today Read More »
It’s gratifying to see the robust quantity and quality of the comments to my recent post: Ideologies that Further Environmental Sustainability Are Actually Good. Many of these remarks point to the failing U.S. democracy, i.e., the sad fact that the …
The U.S. Citizenry Is in the Process of Taking Back Its Democracy Read More »
In the U.S., perhaps the most important legal battle pertaining to environmental sustainability and climate change is the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s efforts in this arena, the Clean Power Act.
There must be 200 posts here since 2GE’s inception in 2009 dealing with the imperative to remove Big Money from U.S. politics. The reason? Though we happen to be focused on renewable energy here, the American people will never get …
The Love Affair Between Big Money and Politics Will Soon Be Over Read More »
Unfortunately, most of our politicians approach their role from the perspective of law; in fact, four of the last nine U.S. presidents had degrees in the subject. But what happens when someone comes along with a perspective of environmental and …
Some Politicians Are Into Sustainability/Environmentalism Read More »
I hope readers are following the daily 2GreenEnergy Instagram feed, mainly built on pics I’ve taken around our very rural neighborhood near Santa Barbara, CA. At the left is today’s post with caption: Along with all the horrifying developments in …
A reader notes that the ascendancy of Donald Trump is due in large measure to the fact that people are tired of being led by someone who sees the need to be politically correct. For whatever reason, I’ve never viewed …
The Phrase “Politically Correct” Has Fallen on Hard Times Read More »
