Here in good ol’ Santa Barbara, I attend meetings of the local chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, in support of the “Carbon Fee and Dividend.” We’re all encouraged to write letters to editors of various media outlets, and I …
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Carbon Fee and Dividend: Another Take
The video below is billed as a “Republican, conservative, business-oriented” solution to the carbon emissions problem. In fact, however, it contains few if any differences from the “Carbon Fee and Dividend” plan that the Climate Citizens’ Lobby is offering, as …
Let’s Support the “Carbon Fee and Dividend”
There are a great number of different ways to address the long-term environmental damage, climate disruption in particular, posed by our civilization’s consumption of fossil fuels. The problem, obviously, is an economic one.
Biden and Trump on Big Oil
The facts as reported here are true, but I’m not sure Biden deserves any moral credit for what happened. If he did, he’d be pushing for things like the Carbon Fee and Dividend, a movement that would incentivize everyone at …
Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy
2GreenEnergy supporter Cameron Atwood and I are having a discussion I thought I’d share: Cameron: Up What do you think about the info provided in these two articles: here and here? Craig: I believe that nuclear energy is necessary to …
Questions on Renewables and EVs
An old friend asked for my response to three (multi-pronged) questions on renewable energy and electric transportation. Here are my responses: Question #1: How long do you believe it will take until the RE technologies will be able to …
Scientists: Decarbonize Now!
Here’s an open letter from a number of top scientists to key elected officials that includes this excerpt: As our nation reels from extreme heatwaves, drought, wildfires, and abnormally warm ocean waters fueled an early start to a projected more …
A Few Random, Perhaps Interesting Ideas
I was flattered to be asked to participate in another Zoom call (this our eighth) with about 12 members of my high school class of 1973. A few take-aways I thought I’d share. For the first time since the end …
ExxonMobil and the Future of Energy
As shown here, ExxonMobil ostensibly wants to keep me up to date on the future of energy in my state, and suggests via the photograph, without the least bit of sincerity, that it may come in the form of algal …
Keeping Rhetoric Fair By Understanding False Dichotomies
The statement to the left here is very much worth reading, as it speaks so beautifully to the core reason that the nation is so divided at this point. The mayor refers to what’s called a “false dichotomy,” not unlike, …
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