Here, IMO, is one of the greatest pieces of thinking ever performed by a member of our species. Yet I suppose all she’s really saying is that she’s an atheist; an omniscient and omnipotent being doesn’t “miss an opportunity.”
Category: Sustainability
Live Christmas Trees
Insofar as our world needs more trees, it would be good if those celebrating Christmas bought live trees and planted them after the holidays. It’s hard to overstate the satisfaction to be had in watching them grow. Out here in …
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Life in America Isn’t What It Used To Be
It’s painful living in America right now. In a conversation I had with my father about 30 years ago, I said that I believed we are experiencing the end of the American Empire–not that this was an original idea. I …
Tagged with: end of the American Empire, erosion of the importance of honesty in the body politic, rise of China as an economic powerhouse, tax breaks for the super-rich resulting in the slow death of the middle class, terrible consequences of gutting our educational system, the rise in obesity caused by the decline in nutrition
Karma for Megachurch Pastor
From this: A California Pastor has died of COVID-19, five weeks after his megachurch reopened in defiance of the state’s ban on indoor religious services. Bob Bryant, a 58-year-old associate pastor at the Water of Life Community Church in San …
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Environmental Responsibility Post Trump
A great deal of the environmental damage Trump has inflicted on this planet will be fairly easy to reverse once he’s out of office. Of the 104 regulations that formerly protected our skies and waterways from toxic pollution, 80 of …
Putting the Confederate Legacy Into Context
A reader sent me the meme here, and asked (implicitly) for my comments. It’s hard to know where to begin. Robert E. Lee was a traitor to the United States, and led a force that would have promulgated slavery, an …
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Lab-Grown Meat Is Here
Laboratory-grown meat is now available for human consumption for the first time, having been recently approved by the relevant government agency in Singapore. This is a huge deal for environmentalists, who point out quite correctly that the destruction of Earth’s …
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Bernie Sanders: “Betsy DeVos Worst Education Secretary in U.S. History”
As if this were in doubt? She was put in place specifically to destroy public education, and she put on a stunning performance. She has promoted the privatization of public schools through vouchers, called for deep cuts to federal funding, …
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Bueller?
As the blog at 2GreenEnergy shoots past its 11,000th post, the world seems to be crumbling. People say we’re making a positive difference in the world, though sometimes it’s hard to know if people are listening. It’s reminiscent of this:
Tagged with: making a positive difference in the world
Today’s Society May Not Be Sustainable, But Not Everybody Cares
There’s a great deal of truth in the graphic here, but it really isn’t a perfect analogy. If you’re an amoral member of the top 1%, there’s no reason for you to concern yourself with the well-being of other members …
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