Category: Renewables – Science

Upon my return from the 50th reunion of the William Penn Charter School class of 1973, my mother asked me if the institution’s Quaker tradition had changed over the years since I graduated. “I don’t believe so,” I began.  “There …

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We’re all looking for reasons why Tucker Carlson got whacked from Fox News.  Here’s yet another theory that doesn’t ring true. Reader Dolly Lindley notes about the video below:  It occurred to me almost immediately when I heard about Tucker, …

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In a recent post I presented the concept that there are, for all practical purposes, three distinct political philosophies existing in the U.S. right now: progressives, traditional Republicans, and Trumpists. This is why the GOP is facing an uphill battle …

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The meme here is a good representation of how stupid people sound when the “research” they have supposedly conducted runs counter to the findings of science. It’s also a reminder that we live among people who honestly believe that American …

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It seems that there are three distinct political philosophies existing in the U.S. right now: Progressives, who are calling for the decarbonization of our transportation and energy sectors, simply because this is what our scientists are begging us to do, …

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There is nothing incorrect about the graphic here, and there is no doubt that, for young people who may not be academically inclined, the career path on the right makes sense. Having said that, the most obvious rebuttal here is …

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There are dozens, maybe hundreds of theories that seek to explain why there have been no verified stories of contact with extraterrestrials. One is that they know exactly who we are, and have concluded that we offer them no value.  …

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The point of the “survey” here, of course, is to goad ignorant people into claiming that doctors can say and do anything they like, by way of treating disease, because their free speech is protected under the First Amendment to …

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When my son was perhaps 11, I took him camping for a few days in the High Sierras with some friends.  We needed to buy permits at the regional ranger station, and I noticed that it was replete with cross-sections …

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Yesterday, a reader whom I know personally sent out a mass email featuring a video full of false and misleading information designed to show that renewable energy is actually worse for the environment than burning fossil fuels.  He prefaced the …

Spreading Ignorance Read More »

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