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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

China and Chinese interests own about 1% of all foreign-owned farmland.

Of all foreign-owned U.S. land, Canadian investors owned the most at 12.8 million acres. This makes up 31% of all foreign-owned U.S. land.  Four other countries held 12.4 million acres combined, or another 31% of foreign-owned land: the Netherlands (12%), Italy (7%), the United Kingdom (6%), and Germany (6%). China holds less than 1%.

1% of 3.1% is .031% or 0.00031. It’s infinitesimal, but more that enough to rile up the morons.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles

It’s impossible to know who or what is behind the constant flow of disinformation on electric transportation, e.g., the graphic at left.  Big Oil?  QAnon?  Other right-wing, anti-environmentalist groups?

In any case, I have a friend who’s been telling me since we were teenagers 50 years ago, that EVs only move the source of the emissions from the vehicle to the power plant.  Of course, he also told me, “When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.”  Yes, he’s given to those types of slogans one encounters on Fox News and the like.

In truth, the phasing out of fossil fuels in our energy and transportation sectors is a boon to our environment, and our efforts to mitigate climate change in particular.  This has been shown in hundreds of peer-reviewed studies spanning several decades. Here’s a piece from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency debunking myths on the subject.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Apparently, some people have an appetite for being ordered around by the most ignorant and hateful people in America.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The answer: Trump’s tens of millions of supporters are turned on by his overt racism and the fact that he always wins, regardless of what it takes.

Whether it’s defrauding a children’s charity or attempting to overthrow the United States government, these are seen as signs of strength.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Here’s something that’s getting passed around on social media.  Common responses include nose rings, face tattoos, and sex changes.

I’m going with “electing criminal sociopaths to lead the most powerful country on Earth.”

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Gotta like this guy’s style.  Not only is he on the right side of the issues, but he hasn’t given up.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

From a reader:  (Below) is the type of crap (Trump) pulls and they actually believe him. We’ve learned that the person involved in the tragedy in New Orleans was a U.S citizen radicalized by ISIS.

Does this not infuriate you? Trump doesn’t give a damn about us, he’s intentionally misleading the country and using people’s pain for his own political gain.

Yes, it’s infuriating, but remember that a) he is a professional conman, and b) he has tens of millions of supporters who are desperate to believe whatever he says, who have exactly zero interest in fact-checking his statements.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Love this bumper sticker.

Yes, it’s an embarrassment.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

The reader who sent the meme here nailed it.

The last half century, in particular the last decade, has seen a dramatic reduction in the number of Americans who live humanitarian lives of kindness, compassion, and intelligence.

A good example of this was the 2024 election, where the top issues were inflation (which was running at about 3%), the crime rate (which was falling), and crimes committed by illegal immigrants (which are far rarer per capita than those committed by U.S. citizens).  Nowhere near the top was mitigating climate change, which actually is causing more severe storms, floods, wildfires, and droughts.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

This week’s “TED Radio Hour” on National Public Radio is called “Paradise Lost–and Found,” and, as the title suggests, it’s about the things in our lives that make us happy.

Below is a talk given by Ramón Méndez Galain who explains how his homeland, Uruguay, runs on 98% renewable energy.  What makes this relevant to the theme is his discourse on how happy he is to be a part of a movement that is preventing the ruination of our planet’s capacity to support life.  It’s truly touching.

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