The set of charts below is really cool, IMO. If nothing else, it shows what a good job the developed world is doing in phasing out coal, and bringing in renewables. Germany is making this happen even after decommissioning their …
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A Few Words on Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Clean-tech venture capital fund, Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures, has raised $1 billion for a second round of investments after backing 45 startups with its first billion. This has prompted the discussion below, in Bloomberg Green, which I annotate with …
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Speaking with Drs. Chomsky and Pollin
Here’s a fabulous set of interviews of Noam Chomsky and economist Dr. Robert (Bob) Pollin at UMass Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), on the Green New Deal. Long-time readers will remember that Bob was good enough to let me …
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Corporate Polluters Have No Incentive To Change
All corporate polluters have one thing in common, and that’s true whether we’re talking about plastics, CO2 emissions, or toxic waste: our society gives them permission to use our skies and waterways as their own private sewers. I’m sure that …
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Aeroponic Farming
My good friend Bill Moore of EVWorld fame writes: Love this, but what are the energy costs and nutrient levels? I first ran across aeroponic (vertical) farming about the time I met Bill, perhaps 12 years ago, and I have …
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Selecting an Educator as Secretary of Education? Seriously?
Is this real? Is it possible that we’ll have an actual educator serving as the United States Secretary of Education? Yes, Biden had said he would choose someone who taught in public schools for this post, but it’s hard to believe …
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Admission: “No Evidence” of Voter Fraud
Here’s an article that lays out how and why extreme right-wing network Newsmax aired a two-minute video admitting it has ‘no evidence’ of outlandish fraud claims against two voting-machine companies. The net: Fledgling competitors to Fox News understand that being …
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Billionaires Want a Republican Senate Majority … Zzzzzzz
In the 11,108 blog posts here, this may be the very least interesting. Wouldn’t blame you if you skipped it altogether.
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As Horrific As Trump Is, Things Actually Could Be Worse
From the Boston Globe: The Texas lawsuit asking the US Supreme Court to invalidate Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as …
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Branding Your Product: What Not To Do
Actor/comedian Dan Aykroyd says: Just cracked Crystal Head Vodka’s newest vodka expression, Onyx to celebrate our 95 point rating from Anthony Dias Blue at Blue Lifestyle. Bar chefs worldwide are loving this new spirit – the first commercially available agave based vodka ever. …
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