Question: The Wall Street Journal Reports: Livestock accounts for as much as a fifth of global emissions, mostly from cows. They burp methane, a greenhouse gas, and their pastures and feed can cause deforestation. Besides fossil fuels, few things do more …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Gun Violence
Question: What is the number I have covered up here (approximately)? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: The United States is unique in the world for many things, among which is that the slaughter of our children …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Electric Buses — Opportunity for Wireless (Inductive) Charging
Question: Who first discovered that the flow of electricity induces a current in a nearby circuit? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Bermuda just announced its new fleet of all-electric buses. More specifically:
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Education and Politics
Question: OK, Americans, if you had to do it on your own, how would you rank the 50 states in terms of education? An old friend who went to college with me in Connecticut boasts that the state of our …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: UN’s Climate Summit
Question: What industry was more represented at the UN’s Climate Summit than any country? How many lobbyists from this industry were in attendance? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: These people are not folding their tents. …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Ouch! Watch Those Analogies!
Question: What are the two most obvious problems with the logic in the meme here? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: The logic used by anti-vaxxers isn’t too strong.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Politics of January 6th
Question: On January 6th, then U.S. Vice President Mike Pence refused to do then-President Trump’s bidding, and certified Joe Biden as America’s 46th chief executive. He did that because 60+ courts had rejected Trump’s law suits since there wasn’t a …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Renewable Energy Production in the United States
Question: As you look at the bar chart below, presenting the renewable energy generation in each of the 50 states, what’s the first thing you notice? (If you wish, see if your observation coincides with mine.) Answer: Can be found …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Public Pension Funds’ Investments in Corporate Polluters
Question: Here’s an update from Bloomberg Green on pension funds’ move to divest themselves of Big Oil and other corporate polluters. Before you open it, take a cool guess: What percent of the total remains in these dirty investments? Answer: …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Adapting To Climate Change
Question: We all have a sense that climate disasters with devastating effects are on the rise. Between 1980 and 2019, the United States experienced an average of 6.5 disasters per year that cost at least $1 billion. What has been …
