Donald Trump will do for clean energy in the United States what Mao did for capitalism in China. Mao tried to tell the civilization that had invented paper money that private enterprise was wrong and bad. It was like welding down the safety valve on a boiler, but fortunately, once he croaked, the pressure was relieved before the boiler blew. The results we see today. Trump, in his anti-capitalist, anto-environment, anti-efficiency drive against renewable carbon-neutral energy has been the same sort of repressive force. Once he's gone, watch how the catchup goes flying.
The head photo is of something I only learned about recently, solar-farming. There's enough sunlight reflecting off other things that many plants can grow in the shadow of a solar panel. So you can graze sheep or goats (cows, because of their size tend to be destructive) or grow vegetables, making the land productive. Anti-solar people often claim that solar takes good land out of production, but clearly that's not so.
Same with wind power. The base of a wind turbine doesn't take up that much land, and all those straight rose between the turbines can be filled up with all sorts of crops.
Bonus points! All the birds that meet their demise to the turbines will fall down among the crops and decompose and thus continue that marvelous dance of life.
Trump in 2028: There's this new thing. I call it green energy. That's what I named it. Not a lot of people know about it. My friend Frederick Douglas hasn't. But I'm making sure everyone knows about it. I'm building a wind farm. I named it that because it farms energy from wind. I think it will catch on. Eagles and whales love them because it keeps the air and water clean. That's why I call it clean energy.
Be glad it's a parody and not Trump in 2008, or you would never have been rid of him. But by some strange natural balance, fascists, people who are obsessed with marching forward, are also very given to shooting themselves in the feet.
"The world is switching over to clean power, finally, not primarily for the sake of stopping global warming, though that’s kind of necessary, but primarily because it makes the most economic and political sense. It’s more stable and cheaper, hooray!"
Denmark ran their whole country with zero fossil fuels the whole month of March.
We could possible come close to that if not for the zipperhead.
That's one of the things that gets forgotten by those who claimed that the third world can never have a better standard of living. It used to be said that Africa could never been connected together because it would take too much copper wife, but then cell phones came along. Whenever there is too little of any resource, people think of a way to do without it. I know this upsets the sort of person who thinks that sweaters and cold oatmeal are essential to virtue, but the only non-negotiable requirements are two: recycle everything and use sustainably generated power. The rest is no more than a challenge to human ingenuity.
Donald Trump will do for clean energy in the United States what Mao did for capitalism in China. Mao tried to tell the civilization that had invented paper money that private enterprise was wrong and bad. It was like welding down the safety valve on a boiler, but fortunately, once he croaked, the pressure was relieved before the boiler blew. The results we see today. Trump, in his anti-capitalist, anto-environment, anti-efficiency drive against renewable carbon-neutral energy has been the same sort of repressive force. Once he's gone, watch how the catchup goes flying.
I guess electric vehicles look pretty good now right. Another punch in the gut for the orange moron.
I guess electric vehicles are looking pretty good now- another punch in your gut orange moron.
I guess electric vehicles are looking pretty good now- another punch in your gut orange moron.
I guess electric vehicles are looking pretty good now- another punch in your gut orange moron.
I guess electric vehicles are looking pretty good now- another punch in your gut orange moron.
I guess electric vehicles are looking pretty good now- another punch in your gut orange moron.
I guess those electric vehicles are looking pretty good now- another punch in your gut orange moron
I guess those electric vehicles are looking pretty good now- another punch in your gut orange moron
I guess those electric vehicles are looking pretty good now- another punch in your gut orange moron
Amen!
The head photo is of something I only learned about recently, solar-farming. There's enough sunlight reflecting off other things that many plants can grow in the shadow of a solar panel. So you can graze sheep or goats (cows, because of their size tend to be destructive) or grow vegetables, making the land productive. Anti-solar people often claim that solar takes good land out of production, but clearly that's not so.
Anti-solar people are mostly simply in the market for an excuse. They don't give a flying fuck about the land.
Same with wind power. The base of a wind turbine doesn't take up that much land, and all those straight rose between the turbines can be filled up with all sorts of crops.
Bonus points! All the birds that meet their demise to the turbines will fall down among the crops and decompose and thus continue that marvelous dance of life.
Trump in 2028: There's this new thing. I call it green energy. That's what I named it. Not a lot of people know about it. My friend Frederick Douglas hasn't. But I'm making sure everyone knows about it. I'm building a wind farm. I named it that because it farms energy from wind. I think it will catch on. Eagles and whales love them because it keeps the air and water clean. That's why I call it clean energy.
Be glad it's a parody and not Trump in 2008, or you would never have been rid of him. But by some strange natural balance, fascists, people who are obsessed with marching forward, are also very given to shooting themselves in the feet.
Good morning! Is anybody else having a problem with substack today?
"The world is switching over to clean power, finally, not primarily for the sake of stopping global warming, though that’s kind of necessary, but primarily because it makes the most economic and political sense. It’s more stable and cheaper, hooray!"
Denmark ran their whole country with zero fossil fuels the whole month of March.
We could possible come close to that if not for the zipperhead.
I was recently in Spain and they are doing the same. Running entirely on renewables
Especially in emerging 'second world' countries, they will be building their energy infrastructure on renewable/sustainable from the bottom up
That's one of the things that gets forgotten by those who claimed that the third world can never have a better standard of living. It used to be said that Africa could never been connected together because it would take too much copper wife, but then cell phones came along. Whenever there is too little of any resource, people think of a way to do without it. I know this upsets the sort of person who thinks that sweaters and cold oatmeal are essential to virtue, but the only non-negotiable requirements are two: recycle everything and use sustainably generated power. The rest is no more than a challenge to human ingenuity.
Oh noez! Michael Knowles debated Mehdi Hassan and Mehdi may have deaded poor old Michael. :*(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrSwpdsZtyU
The correct spelling of that clown's name is Knowless as in Know Less.
Michael Knowles is an asshole. Change my mind.
He's born that way.