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Entries from May 2019

Wind: tourism boom (not bust)?

May 22nd, 2019 · Comments Off on Wind: tourism boom (not bust)?

One of the canards against wind turbines: it will hurt tourism. While my personal perspective, discussions with others, and ample evidence that this is not the case, a just-released analysis of rental activity near a new installation supports the contrary: wind turbines could well foster booming tourism. In analysis of AirBNB activity on Block Island […]

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Tags: wind power

Senator Warren’s Climate & Military plan release: a swing w/some hits and many misses

May 17th, 2019 · 3 Comments

Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren released her concept of how she would leverage the Department of Defense (and introduced legislation) as part of a larger effort to address the climate crisis if elected President. Entitled Our Military Can Help Lead the Fight Against Climate Change, this ‘plan’ is a troubling mix of accurate problem definition, reasonable […]

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Tags: 2020 Presidential Election · Energy

Bursting of Biden Climate Trial Balloon?

May 10th, 2019 · 1 Comment

According to Reuters, Joe Biden is seeking a ‘middle ground’ climate policy — a return to Obama Administration policies for gradual (an inadequate) incrementalism to reduce emissions while seeking to satisfy those (excessively) profiting off fossil fool(ish) extraction. The backbone of the policy will likely include re-joining the United States with the Paris Climate Agreement […]

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Tags: 2020 Presidential Election

Bitcoin will (NOT) fry the planet

May 7th, 2019 · 2 Comments

Sadly, there are far too many “OH SH-T” moments for those paying even the slightest attention to climate chaos (and related environmental issues/crises). One came for even that “slightest attention” crowd as a peer-review article about Bitcoin’s gluttonous electricity habits made a splash leading to global headlines like “Bitcoin Predicted To Be The Nail In […]

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Tags: Energy