Will the oil companies attack the living hell out of Vermont’s new law? Of course. Will the legislation survive the onslaught of law suits that Big Oil brings against it? Probably not. But the point is that it’s the first …
Category: Climate Change
Oil Companies May Soon Be Forced to Pay for the Long-Term Environmental Damage They’re Wreaking
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Investing in “Space Tourism”
A reader offers this: Why are visionaries like Tony Robbins investing in space tourism? Simple: the space tourism industry is projected to capture a significant share of the $2.25 trillion luxury travel market. With unprecedented growth and major players like …
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Our Planet’s Future?
Here’s another clever message to the effect that we’re failing miserably to take care of our only home, and that it’s our money-motivation that’s driving this catastrophe. When I was a small boy, I read that the side effects of …
Inside the (Climate) Movement
The good people at Inside the Movement write: (We’re) the action toolkit for the climate movement. Come find your place (and your voice!). Here’s how you can join us: Be a part of the Summer of Heat, and join those shutting …
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ExxonMobil Tests Their Techno-Ruse “Direct Air Capture”
In a previous post, I presented this short and extremely general video, in which a representative of ExxonMobil explains Direct Air Capture (DAC), a set of technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. I mentioned that the concept is doomed …
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Climate Change Mitigation: World Governance?
Here’s a review of the new book Children of a Modest Star that ponders the consequences of governance that would sit above the 206 sovereign nations when it comes to climate change mitigation and pandemic control. There is no doubt …
ExxonMobil and the Ruse Called “Direct Air Capture”
In this short and extremely general video, a representative of ExxonMobil explains Direct Air Capture (DAC), a set of technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Anyone seeking to solve this problem needs to deal with the challenge that the …
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Some Global Warming Technologies Are “Sexier” Than Others
Here’s an NPR segment on the “sexiness” of climate science, in which the concepts of geoengineering and nuclear fusion are explored. The point is that, while things like covering large land masses with solar and wind farms may be practical, …
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Why We Trust Scientists
At left is a meme supporting the mode of thinking employed by conspiracy theorists, i.e., that they, unlike the rest of us, “have the cognitive capacity to think critically for themselves.” In fact, the reason that reasonable people trust science …
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2GreenEnergy Readers Are Generally Not Conspiracy Theorists
We’ve all seen the comments of the QAnon-style conspiracy theorists like the fellow at the left. Are there powerful and rich people, perhaps Bill Gates among them, who are trying to enslave us? Here are the remarks of a reader …
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