Perhaps it’s easiest to identify what American voters do not value: truth vs. lies, knowledge vs. ignorance, rule of law, fair treatment of minority groups, environmental sustainability, and democracy. It would be comforting to think that the outcome of this …
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When my childhood friends came to learn that I’d become an author of materials of environmental sustainability, they sometimes asked for my opinions on climate change. I explain that because climate change is a science, it’s inappropriate to apply the …
The average electric vehicle uses 0.32 KWhs of electricity to go a mile. Since the average residential for power is $0.17/KWh, that’s $0.06 per mile. This compares favorably to gasoline, whose average use per mile is 0.04 gallons at an …
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When Nikki Haley was a U.S. Representative from Hawaii, it appeared she had solid values on things like LGBTQ rights, abortion, environmental sustainability, and so forth. Now she’s running for president as a Republican, and she’s flip-flopped on all these …
We commonly hear that the two major American political parties are virtually indistinguishable from one another, and perhaps that was true a few decades ago when centrism was the rule of the day. But, as illustrated in the meme here, …
At left are the words of legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken, which convey the true barrier to climate change mitigation and other forms of ecological stewardship, i.e., that as a civilization, we care very little about one another’s well-being. The plummeting …
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The logjam in the U.S. Congress has meant essentially zero progress of environmental sustainability, and climate change mitigation in particular. This is hardly a surprise, due to the demands of the billionaire class and the stranglehold it has over our …
Considering the events of the past two years, few of us have high hopes for 2022. I don’t feel that way. There is a very good chance that this year will see a pandemic under control, the insurrection put to …
Now, that line about the Dunning-Kruger effect is funny. When I entered the world of environmental sustainability in 2009, several people suggested that I should do my own research on climate change, and I had the same reaction as this …
Here’s a gem that combines philosophy and psychology, while pointing to environmental sustainability. It’s hard to read this and not be reminded of what a loveless society we live in. Most Americans live transactional lives, i.e., built around getting our …
