Today’s piece in the WSJ’s Climate and Energy section is called “The Problem With Stuff.”
It begins:
A Glass-Half-Full Look at the Gargantuan Carbon Footprint of Making Stuff
Every year, America gets through roughly 700 pounds of cement, nearly as much steel, 300 pounds of plastic and 25 pounds of aluminum per person. Providing the raw materials of modern life with far less emissions is starting to look tantalizingly possible, but the making-stuff business remains a laggard in its response to climate change.
“Making less stuff” is akin to morphing away from our consumer society, and it’s refreshing to see the WSJ talk about that, even obliquely.
IMO, what we are seeing here is the WSJ’s trying to position itself as dead-on “centrist” in their journalism. This is a distinct more to the left from their earlier conservative leaning; it would have fanciful to think of anything associated with climate change even a few years ago.
The Wall Street Journal’s Climate & Energy Column Doesn’t Mince Words
My family is one of countless millions of those that have been profoundly disfigured by Fox News since it came along in the late 1990s. In particular, my well-educated and well-read mother, in her mid 70s at the time, started to imbibe many hours of this right-wing propaganda per day, and soon began to parrot it at the dinner table, to the shock and horror of all those around her.
The point here is that she told me, shortly before she died, “Obviously, I don’t have a single point of agreement with Bernie Sanders, but I must admit that he’s completely sincere in his beliefs and in what he’s telling the American people.”
Steve Martin may be the most talented person in any of our lifetimes. And, like many celebrities, he keeps his politics to himself, which is, of course, his right.
But ask yourself: Is there any chance at all that this powerhouse has the same political sensibilities as the white folks in rural Alabama?
If Steve Martin Voted so as To Keep Trump in Office, I’m a Bald Eagle
If you want a good laugh, I highly recommend this short video, depicting some ICE agents trying to arrest a protestor on roller skates.
https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/10/25/no-kings-protesters/
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