What Jefferson said here sounds good until you put it in the context of what other philosophers have said on friendship, and think about how it applies, or fails to, in our own lives. Aristotle, for example, argued for the …
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Using Logic in Understanding Present-Day Politics
As Aristotle pointed out 2300 years ago in his law of non-contraction, two thoughts that oppose one another cannot both be true. Given that, consider the following two assertions:
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Will a Solar PV Tree Offer Advantages?
The reader who asked earlier about wearable solar PV clarifies: I agree with you that the direction for these threads for wearable power generation is a dead end or at least a very low power, niche market. My thought has …
Climate Change and Our Regard for Science
Earlier today, I was driving to a lunch meeting with a potential investor in our clean energy investment opportunities, and I had the good fortune to find a lecture by Buddhist philosopher Alan Watts on the radio. The talk brought …
Science Can Save Us, If We’re Wise Enough To Use It
I’m sure many 2GreenEnergy readers here in the U.S. watch our Public Broadcasting System (PBS), a nonprofit organization that says about itself: “PBS and our member stations are America’s largest classroom, the nation’s largest stage for the arts and a …
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Climate Change, Women’s Rights, and Campaign Finance Reform
Here’s a conversation I’m having with a friend on the unlikely combination of climate change and women’s rights that I thought readers might find interesting. Friend: Check this out. Really??? Don’t these congressional statements do more harm than good? Craig: …
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Our Energy Policy Should Be Rooted in Logic
I just started a fine historic novel that my brother gave me for Christmas, The Hangman’s Daughter; the first 100 pages are really good. In addition to the story itself, a murder mystery set in mid-17th Century Bavaria, the author …
The Political Affiliation of Conservation
I was talking with a friend the other day who asked me about the political affiliation of conservationists. After all, Theodore Roosevelt, the father of modern conservationalism, served as president as a Republican, and there is no doubt that even …
