There are no laws of science that you can’t convert moonlight into electrical energy, though there is a set of laws (called physics) that will render this incredibly unproductive. The moon produces a very small amount of power per square meter, around 0.0034 watts. This is approximately 300,00 times less than sunlight, which can reach 1,000 watts per square meter.
I think the average 10-year-old child, and probably 99% of high school students understand this intuitively. If I were interviewing a young person and trying to coax them along, I might proceed as follows:
Craig: When you go the the beach, what do you rub on your exposed skin?
Kid: Sun screen.
Craig: Why?
Kid: Otherwise you’ll get a sunburn.
Craig: Right. Do you know why?
Kid: The sun’s energy somehow “cooks” our skin.
Craig: Exactly. Now, what about the moon? If you were playing on the beach at night, would you be worried about getting a “moonburn?”
Kid: I don’t think so.
Craig: Why not?
Kid: The moon is just a piece of rock that reflects a tiny bit of the sun’s light.
Craig: That’s great! You can think! Be grateful. Many Americans have lost their ability to use their minds. You haven’t. That’s terrific.
One of the many unique and disgusting features of today’s GOP is that they don’t back down when they make a mistake, regardless of how obvious and indefensible that mistake may be.
To paraphrase the late American historian Howard Zinn:
If you’re, say, Norway, and you don’t go around the world starting wars, patriotism and a sense of national pride is not a problem. If you’re the United States, with your imperialism and incredible military might, it’s a huge problem.
At left we see the ideas of two other historian/philosophers on the subject.
My personal reaction to Trump flags is more of pity than offense. Life is tough enough without being deprived of a moral compass and even a meager level of intelligence.
In any case, we see such displays in ever-decreasing numbers, as Trump’s approval rating continues to fall, due to the president’s cognitive decline and brazen criminality.
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