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Energy Madness
An important goal of any government should be to ensure sufficient energy for human flourishing that is inexpensive, reliable, safe, and secure. Without energy we cannot eat, we cannot move, we cannot stay warm or cool, and we cannot protect … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Energy, Politics
Tagged blackouts, carbon dioxide, Carbon Pollutants, Climate Change, Dysfunctional Government, energy shortage, eternal problem, existential threat, global warming, green energy, nuclear energy, Politics, Power Outage, renewable energy, Science, solar energy, Texas, unreliable energy, Wind Energy, wind turbines
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Why People Disagree
Way back before the Pandemic (BP), I wrote Why Intelligent People Disagree in an attempt to understand why otherwise smart people could come to completely different conclusions about important issues of the day. Now I’m thinking I should attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in health, Human Behavior, Musings, Politics
Tagged Censoring, Disagreement, eternal problem, Politics, Science, Silencing, Truth, Vaccines
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Ridiculous Assumption: Tragic Consequences
How can one ridiculous assumption lead to millions of irrational decisions. It happened! It’s still happening! I’m talking about a pandemic, specifically, the global response to a seriously infectious virus known as SARS-CoV-2. It causes a disease called COVID-19 or … Continue reading
Posted in health, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Asymptomatic Spread, China, Covid-19, CV19, Dysfunctional Government, Education, SARS-CoV-2, Schools, Science, Wuhan
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The Belt Order (S)
They have gone too far this time. The county commission just ordered the wearing of belts at all times when in the public spaces. There is a sizable fine of $101 for the first offense. Repeat violations may be fined … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged COVID19, Dysfunctional Government, Masks, Politics, Science
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Who Was James Hansen and What Was He Selling?
The extent to which some adult humans assume and are obsessed with IR absorption and heat forcing in the atmosphere as if it’s almost exclusively due to carbon dioxide, methane, and a few other trace gases, is a clear indication … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Human Behavior, Musings, Politics
Tagged carbon dioxide, Climate Change, global warming, James Hansen, Science
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On Being Old, Conservative, and Formally Educated
Does the Earth revolve around the Sun and who thinks it does? Who believes that astrology is a scientific discipline? Professor of Law and Director of the Demography of Diversity Project at Northwestern University, James Lindgren, JD, PhD., explored these questions in his analysis … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Musings, Politics
Tagged Conservative, Education, James Lindgren, NSF, Science
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