The “receipt” here makes me wonder what Biden could possibly do to improve his dismal (40%) approval rating. As suggested by the falling gas prices and by the buoying of the Dow Jones, the market seems to believe we have …
Category: Renewables – Business
Hawaii’s Last Shipment of Coal
Hawaii has said goodbye to coal, and will be doing its best to phase out oil, as an increasingly rich mix of renewables comes on line. From Governor David Ige: “This week Hawaii is receiving its final shipment of coal,” …
Tagged with: increasing rich mix of renewables
A Problem that Requires an International Solution
Here’s a coincidence: I found the meme here, just minutes after hitting “publish” on my post on the new $700 billion spending package that passed the U.S. House of Representatives, containing $370 billion for climate and the environment. I wrote: …
A Problem that Requires an International Solution Read More »
Tagged with: climate and the environment
Democrats Appear To Have Climate Bill Passed
An old school chum who went on to become a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown and I were talking about the coup attempt, during which I wrote: “I’ll never forget what you wrote in my yearbook: words to the …
Tagged with: Climate Bill Passed
Xfinity Mobile: A Good Thing to Avoid
A reader asked me if I had tried Xfinity (Comcast) mobile. I wrote: I did. It was horrendous. He responded, Really. I am trying to get my bill down and assumed since they use Verizon towers it would be good. …
Tagged with: corporate greed and lying
Learning Adventures at Home Depot
Just getting back from Hawaii, visiting my aging mom. She asked me to run her by Home Depot to pick up a few succulents and some potting soil, which I didn’t mind doing even though I personally don’t spend a …
Tagged with: socioeconomics
Fox News: Prominent Conservatives Report Election Lost, Not Stolen
As reported by none other than Fox News, a group of prominent conservatives has published a 69-page report to the effect that the 2020 presidential election was “lost, not stolen.” It begins: As part of his post-election attempts to retain the …
Fox News: Prominent Conservatives Report Election Lost, Not Stolen Read More »
Inflation Is an International Issue
An old friend writes: This sign is at a fuel station in Greece. Those prices are Euros per liter; you do the math. Then stop complaining about fuel prices in the U.S. and, absolutely positively, stop blaming high fuel prices …
Tagged with: Inflation Is an International Issue
UK Should Invest More in Renewables
These folks are trying to petition the UK government to invest in renewable energy. Seems like a great idea; they’re getting my signature.
Tagged with: Invest More in Renewables
Jailed Oath Keeper Says Fellow Inmates Throw Feces at Him
Life isn’t pleasant for any prison inmates, but it’s rumored to be particularly ugly (and short) for those whose crimes violate the ethical mores of the common felons. If you killed your wife because she was unfaithful, or even disrespectful, …
Jailed Oath Keeper Says Fellow Inmates Throw Feces at Him Read More »
