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BruceMcF is passionate and thoughtful on transportation issues, especially the roles that rain can and should play in America’s future.  Read him at Burning the Midnight Oil. Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence. I’ve seen this before … indeed, it was mentioned recently in some discussion threads of Libertarians Against Choice … the […]

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Here is a guest post from the passionate citisven advocating that we tie our laces and walk the walk. Yup, you read that right. Time to strap on your preferred footwear, turn off the intertubes, and give those rusty bones a fair shake. ‘Cause you know what they say on gravity-rich planet Earth: These boots […]

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The below has been moving around the web. This is an “anonymous” guest post — until the author is identified. I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL This morning,  I woke up to my radio alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly run by a state agency and supported by the Federal […]

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An impassioned guest post from Max Gottlieb about the pace and nature of public discussion, and how serious money and serious distortion are helping prevent movement toward a more sensible, more prosperous, more sustainable future. Impassioned screaming, even from ill-formed anti-science syndrome sufferers can have an impact … We have used up all slack in […]

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A Fish Out of Water struggles to survive, finding a path toward a safer environment. FishOutofWater is a thoughtful, engaged scientist, passionately struggling to help us find our way toward a prosperous, climate-friendly future. Here is a guest post laying out how, with just two renewable sources, the United States could power its way out […]

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This is a follow-up discussion from mwmwm to his thought-provoking “The End of the Beginning of the Collapse“. “The End of the Beginning of the Collapse” addressed some conflicting economic-analysis diaries by bonddad and bobswern about “the end of the end of the Recession.” I made the case that a real economy operates within a […]

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This guest post comes from mwmwm, who is found normally at ApocaDocs. This is a powerful, must read, discussion about the seriousness of the “convergence of emergencies” that we, as a society and a species, face in the coming years and decades. This morning, I started my day with a coffee cup and DailyKos, intrigued […]

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This is a guest post from by PhotogHog, who made this thoughtful comment in response to (as part of the conversation with) Stranded Wind’s discussion Contemplating Human Extinction. The Earth is ancient far beyond the understanding of most people. There have been giant continents,  populated repeatedly with immense herds of large animals, innumerable deadly carnivores, […]

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Last evening, Devilstower spoke of his regrets that there had not been more attention to this post when first published last fall and that this had not pursued as a path to ‘win’ coal companies’ agreement on a path forward to tackle climate change. Thus, with Devilstower’s permission, a guest post discussion of an innovative […]

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A guest post from Craig Severance at Energy Economy Online discussing Ed Mazria’s Architecture 2030 concept for job creation and economic stimulus through a massive energy efficiency investment in America’s buildings through a mortgage subsidy program. Quite simply, this is perhaps the most valuable W5 strategy (win economically (stimulus, competitiveness, etc), win on energy, win […]

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