Donald Trump may not understand science and may not care to understand science or any problems it discovers, but he’s proven that he understands how to manipulate people for self benefit.
Clearly, the political focus of the year is a certain mind-boggling presidential candidate who hardly touches policy matters — and when he does, tends to push absurd ideas and proposals that would tank our economy, lead to world war, destroy our climate and environment, and piss off our allies. However, as I wrote the other day, Donald Trump’s success in politics wasn’t magic — far from it. Donald Trump’s success in politics was built on the back of decades worth of conspiracy theories and anti-science rhetoric and extremism from the Republican Party. (Come on, people, there’s a reason he won the GOP nomination.)
37 years ago, the United States was poised on the edge of an energy revolution. The interdepartmental plan that Dr. Allan Hoffman presented President Jimmy Carter outlined how the nation could derive 20% of its power from renewables (principally wind & solar) by the year 2000.
Here’s a quick and fun one for you, a hilarious Colbert segment in which he completely picks Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, & Mitt Romney to pieces for their absurd statements on global warming and clean energy: The Colbert Report Some days (OK, most days), I wish Colbert would … [continued]
No matter how much we increase our content, I can’t avoid ending up with a ton of stories I wish we had had more time to cover. However, I guess it has been taking longer for the stories to build up (so that’s good). Anyway, I’m about to post a … [continued]
