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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

In this video, Tucker Carlson asks why Trump’s detractors hate him so deeply.

He says, in summary, that it’s because Trump says what he thinks, that he will not be controlled, and things change as a result.

This is a blend of pabulum and pure excrement.

My answer, and I think I speak for most Americans, is that:

a) Like all citizens, Trump has the right to say whatever he wants as long as the act of speaking itself doesn’t constitute crime, which it often does, e.g., incitement to commit violence, obstructing justice, etc.

b) More to the point, we deeply resent that U.S. politics is largely driven by a pathological liar and sociopathic criminal. We simply need to bring him to trial under the four indictments that have been handed up, convict him, and remove him from civil society.

Will this restore our nation to where it was 10 years ago?  Of course not.  But it’s the first step.

We mustn’t normalize criminal behavior, just because it appeals to a group of hateful idiots.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Part of the frustration associated with life in the 21st Century U.S. is the feeble understanding most Americans have of the socio-economic systems of the world.

In particular, neither pure capitalism nor pure communism exists anywhere on the face of the globe.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

If Barr said this (at left) at one point, I wouldn’t be surprised, but his current view is the precise opposite.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Fossil Fuels

You may be wondering about the latest propaganda coming out of the American Petroleum Institute, one of the major lobbying groups for Big Oil.

Well, it’s this attempt to convince us that government is forcing us away from fossil fuels, making our lives more unpleasant and out of our own control than ever before.

A few years ago I attended a symposium on alternative fuels, and noted to my shock that the keynote address was delivered  by a spokesperson of the American Petroleum Institute.  She argued that, as a soccer mom, she needed a reliable way to get her kids to practices and games.  I’m sure I wasn’t the only one in the audience who thought: Well, there are dozens of different electric vehicles on the road, and they do seem to be performing admirably.

It was at that moment that I realized not only how powerful and ruthless these people are, but how they hold our intelligence in such incredibly low regard.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles

Fabulous work here.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Synthetic Fuel

This is a scam. How can I be so sure?

Because the Earth’s atmosphere is ~400 ppm CO2, meaning that 99.96% of it is something else.

There are opportunities to make synthetic fuels out of CO2, but they need to tap into “point sources” like coal plants and concrete manufacturing facilities where the CO2 concentrations are several orders of magnitude higher.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Whatever we were doing with our libraries for the last 2500 years seemed to work fine before the religious zealots arrived and created a problem where none had previously existed.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

To be a Trump supporter at this stage means actively dismissing the many voices of reason, like that of former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley (see left).

I’m having a hard time understanding how a significant number of Americans who think of themselves as patriots can find a way around what Milley is saying here.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics
As shown here, one of the problems in discussing abortion is the lies surrounding the statistics.  A significant majority (61%) of Americans support a woman’s right to choose abortion in all or most cases.
The promoter of this pro-life “Susan B. Anthony” group claims that 77% of Americans are on her side, which is completely untrue.
Some comments from social media:
 • The biggest lie from this group: the real life Susan B. Anthony showed little interest in the issue of abortion and never expressed opposition to it.
 • Trump has just admitted his intention to sell-out pro-life to the Democrats. He’s pandered all along and isn’t trustworthy. Governor DeSantis is the real deal.
 • Doctors aren’t evil. They know how perilous pregnancy care is, and how limiting options puts women, their families and other children at risk of losing their mother. For god’s sake listen to the doctors.
Listen to doctors?  Why do that, when there are religious fanatics everywhere you turn?
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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

These is no denying the truth here.

I’m reminded of a story about the child prodigy Frederic Chopin. By the time he was eight, he’d been a pupil of every piano teacher in Warsaw, Poland, the closest city to his birthplace. When the teachers had the occasion to gather, they would often talk about young Chopin, many remarking that he had “bad habits” and that they considered it their duty to “break him” of them.

Fortunately, one brave and candid voice rose among them, and offered the following: “If we’re going to be honest here, we all need to admit that he plays far better than any of us.  Perhaps it’s best to leave him alone.”

Yes, it’s true that our schools are stultifying for perhaps one in a few million kids.  For the rest of us, however, a solid education is a very good thing.

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