At left, we have the words of American planetary scientist Dr. Carolyn Porco, who explores the outer Solar System, beginning with her imaging work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s.
FWIW, I don’t take the same tack. As a guy who’s done his fair share of tutoring young people in science, and who has also raised two kids, I’ve had to deal with the issue a great many times.
When someone wants me to tell them what happens when we die, I ask, “Do you want to know what scientists have learned about the universe as it applies here, or what the believers in an all-powerful God think? I’m happy to explain the ideas of both of of them.”
Normally, at this point, the kid (understandably) wants to change the subject, which is just fine with me.
Wind turbines work by extracting some of the kinetic energy from moving air and transferring it to the blades that move in a circle.
No moving parts means no kinetic energy.
Sorry.
Iceland is lucky enough to have incredible geothermal resources. And while it’s not alone in that regard, most parts of the world require drilling through some of the toughest rock on the planet.
That’s the reason that solar and wind have come to dominate the landscape of renewables; their costs have plummeted in recent years, making things like geothermal noncompetitive in most regions.
To the author of the meme here, I respond:
Yes, all this is true. But we must never forget that we voted for this, not once but twice.
Still, a full 30% of us support the lies, the stupidity, and the criminality, while our enemies are popping to the tops off of champagne bottles. Russia took us down without firing a shot. China is making its way toward world domination, largely because the United States committed suicide.
Fifty years ago, we were a reasonably well-educated and principled people.
Now, we’re a blend of greedy pigs and hateful imbeciles.
We have no one to blame for the implosion of America but ourselves.
It would be incorrect to say that literally no one saw this coming, but it took the overwhelming majority of the world by complete surprise.
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