A few years ago, I was speaking with a man who is, I believe, the most intelligent person I’ve ever known, Dr. David Doty. The discussion turned to human rights, and he told me that freedom from impoverishment should be …
Category: Sustainability
Environmental Regulations Work
It’s easy to become cynical about environmental responsibility when we see the U.S. Supreme Court hamstring the EPA re: greenhouse gas emissions. Yet we need to remind ourselves of how effective such regulations have been in the past, and what’s …
Protecting Our Environment
Why exactly is it that we’re doing such a poor job defending our environment? This was too profound for me not to post; it’s a unique idea worth consideration.
Smile!
Occasionally readers comment on the wide range of subject matter here at 2GreenEnergy: science, math, politics, philosophy, economics, sustainability, and so forth. I hope they think that’s a good thing. Here’s a post on absolutely nothing other than an effort …
The American South Has Long Been Deprived
Here’s a graphic that calls to mind the poverty of the southern states. No electricity means reading by candlelight, no refrigeration, and less productivity/affluence. One hundred years later, the South is still packed with racism and dozens of other forms …
Atheist Meme Goes Too Far
This is interesting, but I can’t see how neurology proves that we have no spiritual entity that transcends the death of our bodies. I believe that science will ultimately determine the nature of human consciousness, and I’ll be surprised if …
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Putting a Political Spin on “Infrastructure”
“Build Back Better” isn’t getting a great deal of attention these days, given the current-day divisive issues: • From Fox News and other right-wing sources: Inflation, Everything bad is Biden’s fault. • From everyone else: There will be justice for …
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How Do Evil People Actually Appear To Us?
FWIW, I believe that evil people exert stress on their bodies that is often visible to the unaided eye. It doesn’t always manifest itself in the same way, but I believe it is there nonetheless.
Environmentalism Is Something You Either Get, or You Don’t
The cartoon here illustrates something that many of us see constantly in our daily lives: some people care about the environment and the quality of life we’re leaving for future generations. And others just plain don’t. An old friend likes …
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Racism in America
Racism has always been an intractable part of American society, but, as portrayed in this Norman Rockwell painting, it hasn’t always been overtly celebrated by tens of millions of hateful and ignorant white people. In 2015, Donald Trump entered the …
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