Drone Flight Past a Frito Lay Plant and Their Solar Power Panel Farm in Casa Grande AZ We pass this plant whenever we head south to Casa Grande for my healthcare visits with the Hematologists who monitor my blood resulting from 2+ years at Camp Lejeune. As you can see in the YouTube Clip it […]

You may have heard about the flooding in Texas and North Carolina during the past week. But that’s far from all. There’s a reason it’s called “global” climate change. “The disaster comes during a week in which extreme heat and extreme weather have battered the planet. Parts of northern Spain and southern France are burning […]

For eight years, we had rooftop solar. We wouldn’t have done it except that because of state law, Ameren paid half the cost. We also got a 30% tax rebate on the difference. Since we moved, there are too many trees around our house for rooftop solar, but there are more solar panels in our […]

While Congress debates just how much to goose the federal deficit, the global climate budget is even further out of balance that previously feared: “But another approach can give us a very clear sense of what’s going on: track how much heat enters Earth’s atmosphere and how much heat leaves. This is Earth’s energy budget, […]

Part I of II Was wealth that brought us this far.  The wealthy say that it was them, but it wasn’t.  It was wealth.  Those first surpluses after the climate stabilized were the genesis of civilization, of the modern world.  Gave mankind more time to think, to make better tools.  Gave us democracy and the […]

I wasn’t gonna buy a Tesla before Elon joined the Trump Administration, so his politics weren’t a consideration. Apart from the fact that I wouldn’t pay that much for a car, I’ve never lived in a place where Teslas are green. Before we left St. Louis, ca. 80% of electricity in Missouri came from burning […]

Cutbacks to the Energy Star program will result less efficiency and greater costs to consumers. But then, costs passing to the plebian citizens were not in the minds of Republicans. The thought pattern here being . . . will citizens remember who was responsible for increasing energy costs? Ultimately, Republican in Congress are responsible for […]

You may think the Energy Star program is about helping industry by making it easier and less expensive to manufacture product. Not particularly so; but, the Energy Star on a product could promote greater sales. Much of the costs of manufacture are low as it is and due to offshoring manufacture of product. When manufacturing […]

Yesterday, tornados touched down in St. Louis. We lived in St. Lous for 40 years before moving to New England, and in those 40 years, the closest I can recall a tornado touchdown was at Lambert-St. Louis airport. Climate change is making for more severe weather, and DOGE has cut staff at NOAA and the […]

Middle East is cutting oil prices. My guess is their wanting to stymie US production which is more expensive. A runup to the late sixties oil embargo without the embargo. Oil prices tumble after OPEC+ says it will step up production | PBS News Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street and crude prices are […]