As a subscriber, you may have noticed that I haven’t published this newsletter in quite a while (though the frequency of blog posts on the website hasn’t diminished; we have a total of 15,700+, growing daily).
When it was originally conceived, 2GreenEnergy focused largely on the business aspects of renewable energy, but over the years our mission became broader.
While my associates and I remain poised to help our clients in any of dozens of different business disciplines, most of the new content on the site over the past few years has had little to do with commerce, and has concentrated on the imperative to phase of fossil fuels in favor of low-carbon alternatives so as to avert climate catastrophe, and that normally means confronting the political issues that stand in the way.
Sure, there are occasional posts on technology and economics, but today’s readers are most likely to see thoughts on:
• Putting constraints on Big Oil’s stranglehold on our lawmaking processes, and removing money from politics of all sorts, e.g., gun safety laws.
• Ensuring that Donald Trump never gets anywhere near the White House ever again, and, to whatever degree possible, removing “Trumpism” as an animating factor in American society.
• Accepting science as core of policymaking in climate change mitigation, pandemic control, etc.
• Understanding a variety of other related social issues, e.g., restoring quality education, maintaining the separation of church and state, and empowering women.
• Looking at the subject of sustainability more generally: agriculture, clean water, micro-plastics, mass transit, etc.
As we enter our 15th year, I want to thank everyone who’s contributed to furthering the cause of environmental responsibility, and that means you, regardless of the actual role you’ve played.
https://www.2greenenergy.com/2024/02/16/113928/
Renewable Energy
A Free Lunch?
My maternal grandfather was born in southeastern Pennsylvania in 1903 and told me when I was a boy that in the 1920s, times were so good that saloon owners would offer a free lunch, consisting of bread, cheese, and cold cuts. “Sure, they were hoping you’d buy a glass of beer, but they really didn’t mind if you didn’t and simply scarfed down a free sandwich.”
He went on to tell me that nowadays, there’s a popular slogan: There’s no such thing as a free lunch, “but believe me, there was at the time.”
From today’s perspective of greed and selfishness, this whole story sounds like a fairy tale. Corporations and the congresspeople they own want one thing: to suck the life out of us.
Renewable Energy
Trump’s Policies Are Causing So Much Pain
As a financially comfortable, educated, straight white male, one might think I’m impervious to any of Trump’s policies.
I have a weakness, however, and it’s one I share with virtually every other progressive on the planet–I care deeply the well-being of other people. It disturbs me greatly to see other people suffer, especially when that suffering would be so easily avoided.
Renewable Energy
Let’s Apply Some Reason Here
At left is a great example of a fallacy called a “false dichotomy.”
We all crave information that backs up what we already believe, and, in general, Trump supporters have this going on in spades.
When we think about it, isn’t in possible to both protect American citizens and respect the Constitution rights all people living here?
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Greenhouse Gases7 months ago
Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop
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Climate Change7 months ago
Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop
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Greenhouse Gases2 years ago嘉宾来稿:满足中国增长的用电需求 光伏加储能“比新建煤电更实惠”
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Climate Change2 years ago
Bill Discounting Climate Change in Florida’s Energy Policy Awaits DeSantis’ Approval
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Climate Change2 years ago
Spanish-language misinformation on renewable energy spreads online, report shows
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Climate Change2 years ago嘉宾来稿:满足中国增长的用电需求 光伏加储能“比新建煤电更实惠”
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Climate Change Videos2 years ago
The toxic gas flares fuelling Nigeria’s climate change – BBC News
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Carbon Footprint2 years agoUS SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules Spur Renewed Interest in Carbon Credits
