Perhaps there’s no more important question in today’s world than this: Is our civilization gaining or losing ground vis-à-vis environmental stewardship? Sadly, there is no clear answer, as one can easily find evidence to support either response. From today’s publication …
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With the U.S. at a Precipice, Here Are a Few Things To Hope For
Frequent commenter and ever-thoughtful gentleman “Breath on the Wind” reacted to yesterday’s post “A Pair of Notes on Trump” as follows: Is there a way forward? Here’s what I’m hoping, my friend:
Imagine the Lives of the Quakers in These Times of Brutality and Ignorance
I had the good fortune to spend my K – 12 years at the world’s oldest Quaker school, Penn Charter, founded in Philadelphia in 1689. As the name suggests, the school was put in place by William Penn, the man …
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Achieving Happiness Means Taking Care of People and the Environment in Which They Live
Bhutan (pictured here and below) was the first country in the world to appoint a minister of happiness and to measure gross domestic happiness. That’s kind of heart-warming, isn’t it?
What’s Driving the Move To CleanTech?
Here’s the first edition of Green Auto Digest for the New Year, from my colleague Jon LeSage. The take-away is that the two most important trends in transportation, i.e., autonomous vehicles and alt-fuel, are both moving forward at an impressive …
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Peak Oil Is a Defunct Idea–But Does It Really Matter?
As shown in the graphic below, the concept of peak oil is pretty much dead and buried. In fact, there are supplies of all three fossil fuels to last indefinitely, as our technologies for extraction become more sophisticated.
NextGen Climate
Today is the 84th anniversary of the discovery of antimatter, i.e., particles that are the opposite of matter which we experience in our daily lives, and that mutually annihilate when brought into contact with it. Of course, we use the term …
People of All Ages Care about Environmental Responsibility
Fortunately for the outcome of our civilization, millennials have a far more progressive attitude than their parents and grandparents when it comes to environmental stewardship, climate change mitigation, and so forth. Some believe that this is a natural consequence of …
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The U.S. Highway System Is More Than Just a Few Thousand Miles of Macadam
It’s the 60th anniversary of the signing of U.S. President Eisenhower’s Federal Highway Act, which established the Interstate Highway System. On this occasion, let’s note a few aspects of the project that bear mentioning in the context of our modern-day …
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For Better or Worse, Politics Is Central To the Success of Renewable Energy and Environmental Stewardship More Generally
Regarding my piece “How the Media Is Ruining the United States,” a reader goes off on me, beginning as follows: “Geez … an anti-Trump rant that has excessive liberal bias helps me grow my knowledge about green energy –how?” I would …
