Home › Blog › Page 183

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Here’s an astonishing interview from Fox News in which one of their hosts points out that tax dollars from the affluent blue states are getting sent south so that states like Alabama can have decent schools and roads.

Her point is that if the folks in southern states want to elect Republicans who consistently vote to cut government spending, that’s fine, but they should be prepared to live with lousy healthcare, education, environmental quality, and infrastructure, and not mooch off the taxpayers in the rest of the country.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles

When a friend sent me a link to his concept for a solar-powered car, I thought immediately of all the ideas I’ve come across that are built on the misunderstanding that electric motors with horsepower ratings that enable open-road driving can be powered by an array of solar PV panels on the roof.

I was delighted to see the pic at left.  He built an honest “solar-powered car” for his little boy!  Love it!

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Photovoltaics

Here’s an investment opportunity for people who don’t understand that the amount of energy that solar PV generates is a function of how many photons are incident upon the panels.  The company writes:

What makes Three Sixty Solar (OTC: VSOLF) so unique (sic) is the company’s patent-pending solar tower design.

For decades now, one of the biggest problems that has held back the growth of solar energy has been real estate. (more…)

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

I haven’t put myself through the workshop offered here, but I have to wonder: is it remotely possible that someone is making a buck off the idea of some bizarre notion of “aligning one’s finances with God?”

Now, it’s possible that the take-away might be caring for those less fortunate, healing the sick, or feeding the hungry, but that sounds unlikely, considering that each of these investments will render you less wealthy, at least in the monetary sense of the word.

I’m guessing that it’s a combination of prayer and making lavish donations to the workshop organizer.  A virtual guarantee of riches beyond measure.

 

Tagged with: , , ,

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION writes: Time is running out.  Complete the survey to vote on what interests you most about carbon capture and storage.

OK, here goes.  Given that carbon capture and storage as a proposed answer to the climate crisis, is one of our world’s greatest bullshit stories, one which has been repeatedly debunked by the scientific community, what interests me most is how the morally bankrupt uber-rich can perpetuate lies like this and not feel the slightest remorse.

Think, for a moment, that your paid to write this garbage and commit this horrific offense against life on this planet.  If you or I were profiting from the destruction of human civilization, we couldn’t live with ourselves.

Therein lies the difference between them and us.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Had Trump simply returned the classified documents to the National Archives, and not forced the FBI to raid his home, had he not hidden the documents from government authorities, none of this would have happened.

 

Tagged with: , ,

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

For more than two years, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been claiming that he has 100% incontrovertible evidence that massive voter fraud lay at the basis of Trump’s loss in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, that the entire process was a sham orchestrated by Democrats, the Venezuelans, and the Deep State.  When asked to produce said evidence, he said that, even though he wished he could release it immediately, that was not possible.

All this, of course, is old news.

What’s happening now however, i.e., that Walmart is cutting ties with Lindell because of these baseless conspiracy theories, has us wondering why it took a full 30 months to come to fruition.  That’s quite a grace period for someone actively attempting to overthrow the government of the United States.

 

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The author of the meme at left provides us with a reminder of precisely how insane life in the United States has become since the arrival of Donald Trump on the political scene just under a decade ago.

Tagged with:

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

It’s amusing to watch the Republican presidential hopefuls take swings at Trump.  Perhaps most visible among these contestants right now is Chris Christie, who’s referred to as “sharp-tongued” and lauded for his “telling it like it is.”

But what’s he actually scolding Trump for?  Most recently, it’s not following through on campaign promises. “He let me down.”

Seriously?  This is like blaming Charles Manson for wearing clashing colors or not brushing his teeth.

Trump is a traitor who tried to overthrow the United States government.  He didn’t park in a handicapped spot.

Tagged with: , ,

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

In the field of logic there is something called a “tautology,” which is some something that’s true by definition, or, more properly, known to be true without consulting “a posteriori” evidence.  If I say, for instance, “The brown cow is brown,” there is no reason to look at the cow to determine its color, since we’ve already know that it’s brown.

The case is the same here with Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville.  Apparently, he and his supporters don’t have the intelligence required to know that white nationalists are racist by definition.

Tagged with: