This article starts off with (quote) “”The oil and gas industry is banking on carbon capture as its “fix” for climate change. The IEA’s new report dispels that idea and offers real solutions.”” It’s much more than that. “The oil and gas industry is banking on carbon capture” as a magic wand that they can
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Sam the Electric Viking dispells some myths that EV batteries don’t last long. There are so many lies spread by the big oil and fossil fuels industries. The EVs can last for twice as many miles as gas guzzlers. And the EVs can save 1000 to 2000 dollars or more a year in fuel costs.
“”If you don’t read the newsmedia, you’re uninformed. If you do read the newsmedia, you’re misinformed.”” https://www.facebook.com/reel/1297696620885334?mibextid=mHFdjq
Yes, it’s all about money. New nuclear power plants are economically infeasible and the utilities won’t buy them. The new nuclear power plants have had multi-billion dollar cost overruns and decade long construction delays. New nuclear and thermal power plants require a huge amount of water for cooling and have to be located near a
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This guy deserves the punishment. But why did it take 7 years to get him? And if he spent pretrial time in jail, he may have to spend little or no time in jail. If he had been caught in time before the election, the publicity could have made a difference in the outcome of
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Brian Tyler Cohen plays us clips of Trump getting confused between Biden and Obama. He says “If Trump says Biden is congitively impaired, then Trump is braindead.” Other good clips from other politicians.
Climate change disinformation and how to combat it – .PDF https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-090419-102409
The members of the Kennedy family denounce the candidacy of RFK Jr., say he’s dangerous to our country. RFK Jr is one of the “disinformation dozen” antivaxxers who have lied to the people and have contributed to the deaths of thousands of people due to disinformation about vaccines, especially COVID-19. https://www.meidastouch.com/news/members-of-kennedy-family-denounce-candidacy-of-rfk-jr-dangerous-to-our-country
Tyson talks about objective truths and science, critical thinking, politics and other topics, but I did *not* hear him say anything about Trump. He mentions a book with the things he has said. It’s a 10.4 min. YouTube video.
“Donald Trump, champion and avatar of the shallow state, has won power because his supporters are threatened by what they don’t understand, and what they don’t understand is almost everything. Indeed, from evolution to data about our economy to the science of vaccines to the threats we face in the world, they reject vast subjects
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