I met a guy earlier today who told me that wind and solar are controversial, and that some people say that the mining and manufacturing of wind turbines requires more fossil fuels that the turbines themselves produce.

I told him that I’m aware of such people; they’re called “professional liars.”

I explained the concept of EROI, energy return on investment, and surprised him by saying that the EROI of wind is somewhere between 18 and 30, meaning that each wind turbine you see as you drive along the freeway will generate at least 18 times as much energy as was required in its mining, fabrication, installation, maintenance, and decommissioning–all the way up to 30 times that amount.

The generation of disinformation of renewables has become a cottage industry.  People are paid to make up and publish complete bullshit, so as to discredit the burgeoning clean energy industry, and keep Big Oil in place.

Myth Busting in Renewable Energy

As bad as things are in the United States, they could always get worse.

Trump could succeed in his quest to be a dictator, Christianity could be taught in schools, and unvaccinated adults and their kids could trigger another epidemic.

In terms of our reputation on the world stage, however, things really can’t get must worse; the countries around the globe already regard us with a mixture of hate and derision.

Yet regardless of what the future holds, there will always be idiots who that believe that Trump is our savior, like the author of the meme above.

Thanking God for Trump

I don’t know how many of our readers have seen this, but there is an array of new products that use pressurized steam to clean to clean kitchens and bathrooms.

Imagine you have, as shown at left, baked on grease on the fan in the hood above your stove, or hardened feces on your toilet.

Sure, you could scour it a brush and hot soapy water, containing the mess so that it can be thrown away.  Or, check this out, you can blow it all over the room with this handy new appliance.

This How Stupid American Consumers Have Become