There is an enormous quantity of good taking place around the globe that, sadly, is obscured by the president-day U.S. political circus and its criminal buffoon ring leader. In particular, many of the world’s developed countries are examining their priorities …
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Focusing on Citizens’ Well-Being
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Biden’s Climate Plan Is a Catastrophe, Both for the Environment and for Biden Himself
There are two main things to be said about Joe Biden: 1) He’s not a sociopath; he’s a sane and decent person. 2) He’s the textbook case of “middle-of-the-road.”
Happy Belated Earth Day
As we oldsters celebrated Earth Day yesterday, our minds went back to 1970, at the height of the U.S. protest movement, and rising dissatisfaction with the environmental abuses of the modern world.
From The American Energy Society: INVESTMENT IN OIL AND GAS SET TO SOAR
So as to bring 2GreenEnergy readers the latest and best thinking on the world energy market and its implications on our civilization’s ultimate sustainability, I subscribe to a few paid publications and quote them liberally in our blog posts here. …
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Things Look Bright for Renewables, But There’s a Catch
According to the American Energy Society, the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for solar (large scale PV) and wind (onshore) has fallen 13% and 7% in the last year, respectively.
Wall Street Journal: Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record
A popular song from the 1980s began, “I believe the children are our future…” Wouldn’t you like to interview the lyricist and ask his reasoning? He might have thought: well, at first I wrote, “I believe that the old people …
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Renewable Energy Can Reduce Utility Bills
Here’s a short video featuring the Republican (of all parties) mayor of a town in Texas (of all places), making the point that their commitment to renewable energy is driving down utility bills, while they pursue that radical notion of …
Indigenous Groups, Environmentalists Score Rare Victory
This may sound radical, but some people suggest that continuing to build out the fossil fuel infrastructure might not be such a good idea, given the horrific environmental consequences: water pollution, lung damage, climate change, ocean acidification, loss of biodiversity, …
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We Have All the Knowledge We Need
Here’s a photo I just took in downtown Los Angeles. The ultimate building blocks of the universe and the nature of human consciousness are very complex things, and it’s possible that both are beyond the ken of humankind, especially the …
Predicting Our Civilization’s Future
David Benatar, a self-described “anti-natalist” philosopher, believes that life is so bad, so painful, that human beings should stop having children for reasons of compassion. From this article: “While good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, …
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