I grant that it’s not completely fair to look to Norway as an exemplar of what the United States should be doing re: taxation/wealth distribution, social services, and environmental responsibility. The Norwegians have a small, homogeneous population, abundant clean energy …
Tag: climate deniers
Changing the Minds of Trump Supporters
Great point here, and I think pretty much every one of us understands this, at least at some level. It’s still tempting to “get into it” with the Big Lie people, the anti-vaxxers, the climate deniers, and so forth, but …
Ignorance Hurts
Detractors of social media make the excellent point that it fuels the spread of hate and ignorance. I agree with my friend David Leebron, president of Rice University, who believes that social media represents a net negative for society. Anti-vaxxers, …
To a Degree, Kids’ Reactions To Climate Change Are a Function of Discussions in the Family Home
In a recent post on our children’s reactions to climate change, I noted that young people are either angry/worried, or completely oblivious. I believe that, in the main, where this lands is a function of the kid’s family, i.e., what …
No Opposition to Vaccinations, Until…..
Of course. But that was before we had Trump supporters, QAnon, flat Earthers, climate deniers, and all the other idiots who reject science.
Winning the Climate Change Battle
Since the release of the terrifying new IPCC report a few days ago, lots of people have been talking about the prognosis for humankind on this planet, wondering what if anything can be done to avert catastrophe. As suggested in …
Science Is the Best We Have
This made me laugh. Climate deniers and anti-vaxxers claim, as suggested in this ad from the mid-20th Century, that science isn’t always correct. True without a doubt. In fact, when you think about it, it’s almost always incorrect. If we …
Floridians Will Buy Some Pretty Asinine Ideas, But They Seem To Have Crossed a Line
This is proof that there is hope for the United States. It’s easy to believe that a significant percentage of Americans will believe anything they come across that supports what they already believe, regardless of how inane. It is this …
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Shouldn’t We Be Teaching….?
This sounds good, until you realize that we live in a world with white supremacists, COVID disinformation spreaders, climate deniers, war mongers, insurrectionists, oil company lobbyists, and a very long list of others whose doctrines must be refuted.
Yes, Wind Energy Has Its Own Carbon Footprint
Climate deniers and renewable energy skeptics frequently point out that wind and solar have their own carbon footprints, and that these numbers are either totally unknown or astronomically high. The first part of this is true, to be sure. There …
