Question: In what time period of American history was the photo at the left taken, featuring the Ku Klux Klan at the courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina? What are the current trends in hate crime in America?
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Fabulous Irony at the Bureau of Land Management
Question: This past week, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt signed an order making Wyoming native William Perry Pendley the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management. What is so predictable, yet so ironic about this assignment? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Mysteries of Donald Trump
Question: Look closely at the pic here (larger one below). Why do these Pennsylvania-based employees of Shell Oil look so somber, considering that the U.S. President is wearing a smile? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
Question: What’s depicted in the map at left? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: The EV adoption curve is based on a complex set of variables, but this one’s critical.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Is the European Heat Wave an Example of Anthropogenic Global Warming In Action?
Question: The five hottest summers in Europe’s 600-year history of record keeping have all occurred in the last 20 years. What is the probability that this is a random occurrence, and thus that the theory of AGW (anthropogenic global warming) …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: U.S. State Makes Environmental History
Question: What state just passed the most ambitious climate target in the country, calling for carbon-free electricity by 2040 and a net-zero carbon economy by 2050? (Hints: a) it’s not California, and b) see pic here.) Answer: Can be found at …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Sea Level Rise
Question: What does this remarkable photo represent? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Personal Decisions that Mitigate Climate Change
Question: What is the single most effective step to lowering one’s carbon footprint and tackling climate change? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: This is huge, but wow; who makes this decision on such a basis?
Jane Goodall Calls for Billions of People To ‘Make Ethical Choices’ To Save the Planet
I love this exhortation, Dr. Goodall. From your lips to God’s ears, but I do need to point out a few issues that need to be overcome before your wish can be realized by enough people such that it makes …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Plastic Bottles
Question: How many single-use plastic bottles are sold per minute? What percentage of them are unrecycled? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Those of us who care what life on this planet is going to be like when …
