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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

I used to co-coach my kids’ soccer with a devout Christian who couldn’t get his wits wrapped around my passion for the environment.  Since the world is soon coming to an end, as laid out in the Book of Revelation, why would anyone waste his energies on things like pollution and climate change mitigation?

I submit that there is nothing alarming about soccer coaches’ believing garbage like this (as long as they don’t contaminate the kids with it).

We need to draw the line, however, when it comes to electing a president of the United States.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Mike Pence is running for U.S. president in 2024, but doesn’t that mean he has backers who think he could possibly win?  What level of stupidity does that require?

Does someone with money honestly think that Americans want to be governed by a religious zealot who stood by and watched Trump commit crimes for four years?

Worse, doesn’t charisma matter?  Pence is no more dynamic and passionate than a pool of stagnant water.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

This from Trump a few hours after his lawyers left the Department of Justice offices.

I’m going out on a limb and suggesting that the attorneys didn’t succeed on pressuring the DoJ to lay off.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Earlier, I wrote a post on how Trump never quits, never apologizes, and never backs down.

In response to the meme here, reader Luke Renna offers this:  Shut up, you f***ing fraud. You’re not going to get your way this time, Mr. Privilege, because if you do all hell will break loose and I think you know what I’m talking about.

I have bad news, Luke.  The fact that “all hell will break loose” when the former president is arrested is something that Trump knows very well, and is, in fact, what he’s counting on to extort the U.S. government into sweeping his numerous crimes under the rug.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Much has been said about Trump’s fabulous capacity for self-incrimination.

A great example is the theft of the classified government documents, where Trump has claimed a) they’re classified, b) they’re declassified, and c) in either case, he’s allowed to have them by virtue of the “Presidential Records Act.”

Good luck with that.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I urge readers not to be outraged by the meme here, for two reasons:

a) This guy’s in Idaho, which has joined the race to the bottom, and may already have a lead on Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and the rest.

b) Not that the United States doesn’t have issues with its Supreme Court, but at long as Idaho is part of the country, it will be unable to enforce laws that violate all notions of sanity and decency.

Relax.  Don’t let vermin like this ruin your day.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Among Trump’s “special gifts” is his tenacity.  He never quits, never apologizes, never backs down.

We can expect attacks like the one here straight through to the time he goes to prison, or flees the country in an effort to stay free.

The problem he’ll be facing is that the majority of his supporters, both in Congress and the electorate, don’t share his dogged persistence.  As the indictments continue to rain down, most of these folks will eventually conclude that Trump really is no more than a criminal conman, and move on.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Uncategorized

At left is a clever reminder that cleantech is the defining industry for the 21st Century, and that vigorous participation in it will result in enormous prosperity along with a planet that continues to support life.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I agree with the author of the meme at left, but I would broaden it.

Pride means respecting each other, regardless of our sexual preferences.

I understand that empathy is not exactly in vogue in the United States right now, but I’d like to think that Americans are better people than the presence of the MAGA homophobes might suggest.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Those who follow comedian Bill Maher have noticed that a great deal of his current shtick pokes fun at progressives, and has come to support right-wing causes.

The other day he did a bit that I paraphrase as such: When it comes to achieving environmental sustainability, I don’t know what does work, but I can tell you what doesn’t work: asking people to make sacrifices. 

He went on to back up his assertion with some photos of big, stupid, cars and trucks that an admittedly significant portion of Americans still adore, e.g. this version of the F-150, at 12 MPG.

This cynicism may be immensely profitable in Hollywood; after all, ideas like wokeness and decency seem to have, at least for now, fallen out of fashion in the United States. But the photo at the above left is an example of what the Dutch have done with their country, in which people actually give a s***.

The folks in the Netherlands have abandoned selfish, idiotic behavior, and treat our planet with the respect it deserves.  For them, 21st Century transportation is about bicycles and trains.  They’d no more drive the truck shown here than they’d urinate in their own Jacuzzis.

What’s up with Maher?  Just another media whore?  At best, he’s way off base when it comes to understanding who we are as human beings when it comes to dealing with the threat of environmental collapse.

He makes money.  Others, like the Dutch, make change.

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