Tag: Voltaire

There is a reason that the United States doesn’t resemble Sweden, and that is it’s harder for billionaires to become multi-billionaires. Life in America is deeply rooted in corruption, in which rich people buy favorable legislation from Congress.  This type …

Life in Sweden Bears Little Resemblance to What We Have Here in America Read More »

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A colleague from England, Gary Tulie, sent me something yesterday that he knew you and I would find interesting, given that it has a direct relationship to achieving sustainability on this planet.  He writes:  

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Each day we watch the slow grind of the forces that shape our world in terms of environmental justice.  We ask ourselves questions that have no answers currently: How much of the Amazon rain forest will we be able to …

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I’ve often said that I expect France to lead the way in terms of the adoption of clean energy, for two main reasons: 1) They’re self-styled; they don’t ask permission; they just do what they think is right. They refer …

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In connection to climate change, I often warn that, where people can make compromises, physics doesn’t.  From there, I sometimes find myself going off into long-winded explanations and examples. But I recently found that Voltaire, one of my favorite people …

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