This is good, but, as I was explaining to someone the other day, it’s not sustainable if it’s not profitable. It’s very difficult to imagine how this product line can be cost-competitive in the absence of a huge tax on …
Category: Sustainability
Limiting Our “Freedoms” Is a Requirement in a Civilized World
I know the meme here has a great appeal to certain people, but think about it for a moment. Because we live in a civilized society, sane people gladly give up dozens of their freedoms to make all this possible. …
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Tagged with: Limiting Our Freedoms
Self-Awareness Is a Good Thing
As we’ve all noticed, one of the terrible consequences of the erosion of American society is the loss of awareness of other people. We go to the grocery store, for example, and see people pushing their carts around with absolutely …
Focusing on Justice
My daughter, pictured here with her brother and me, just asked her dad what’s new in the “world of 2GreenEnergy.” I replied that my current focus is less on renewable energy per se, and more on removing the criminal insanity …
Tagged with: holding Donald Trump accountable for his crimes
Caution: Shocking Post Ahead
When we come across memes like the one shown here, our immediate instincts tell us that this is satire, that it’s meant to entertain with its sheer absurdity. Unfortunately, that’s not the case here. Here’s the Amazon page for Donald …
Tagged with: societal and environmental woes
For Some People, It Doesn’t Hurt Until It Happens to Us
Here’s a woman who realized to her horror that her “pro-life” position on abortion was likely going to kill her. It didn’t take her too long to figure out that the Republicans’ ban, regardless of rape, incest, or the woman’s …
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Tagged with: Human Civilization
We Are Two Different Types of People
It’s said that there are two different groups of people that constitute human civilization: Those who care about all the issues that affect other people, simply because of their basic human compassion and empathy, and Those who begin to care …
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Mental Poverty Is Worse Than Economic
Yesterday, I spent a few hours with an old high school chum I hadn’t seen in 50 years. I recalled him as a fairly uninspired student, and he’d be the first to admit I was right. But we happened to …
Tagged with: Mental Poverty Is Worse Than Economic
Did “Wokeness” Kill Country Music?
Prager “University” is not a learning institution, but a conservative advocacy group. The meme here makes a very typical, provocative claim. An alternative viewpoint is that any aspect of life in a civilized society that is “killed” by empathy, compassion, …
Tagged with: wokeness
Celebrating Biodiversity
We sometimes forget that some people spend their entire lives helping this planet maintain its diverse ecosystems. This guy takes care of endangered mountain gorillas. Good going.
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