I've talked with several friends recently about our sense that a lot of the MAGA energy and vibes is like that of a middle school child who keeps yelling, "Get out of my life," but also wants you to drive them to the mall and do their laundry. The inescapable conclusion is that a lot of Americans are very immature, or perhaps have been taught to be immature by the media they consume: they want a lot of stuff, they want it cheap and they want it now, and they don't want to have to deal with the real-life consequences of anything. Reality is so inconvenient and such a bummer! And so are the annoying teachers/mommies/nurses/librarians who want you to behave in a pro-social manner! Eff all those people!
Getting a heat pump installed this month and that’s the last step in our whole-house transformation to all-electric. Goodbye fossil fuels. We keep telling our neighbors how good it feels to stop reliance on oil and gas. Some of them are listening.
Brilliant strategy... "you're not the boss of me." Thanks as always for your vision, energy and relentless efforts. Dark times call for so much more from all of us.
Thanks for another excellent installment, Bill. I hope McCann's counter finding that rooftop solar saves CA ratepayers billions each year reaches Newsom and the unions through groups like ECOS in Sacramento.
"Climate: Small steps matter" at Substack, is growing. We need more carbon-aware and politically aware subscribers to contribute ideas and to share posts with others.
I've talked with several friends recently about our sense that a lot of the MAGA energy and vibes is like that of a middle school child who keeps yelling, "Get out of my life," but also wants you to drive them to the mall and do their laundry. The inescapable conclusion is that a lot of Americans are very immature, or perhaps have been taught to be immature by the media they consume: they want a lot of stuff, they want it cheap and they want it now, and they don't want to have to deal with the real-life consequences of anything. Reality is so inconvenient and such a bummer! And so are the annoying teachers/mommies/nurses/librarians who want you to behave in a pro-social manner! Eff all those people!
Getting a heat pump installed this month and that’s the last step in our whole-house transformation to all-electric. Goodbye fossil fuels. We keep telling our neighbors how good it feels to stop reliance on oil and gas. Some of them are listening.
just right.
Brilliant strategy... "you're not the boss of me." Thanks as always for your vision, energy and relentless efforts. Dark times call for so much more from all of us.
Excellent post. Thanks for explaining Newsom's opposition to roof-top solar. I don't live in CA, and I've been perplexed by it.
Thanks for another excellent installment, Bill. I hope McCann's counter finding that rooftop solar saves CA ratepayers billions each year reaches Newsom and the unions through groups like ECOS in Sacramento.
"Climate: Small steps matter" at Substack, is growing. We need more carbon-aware and politically aware subscribers to contribute ideas and to share posts with others.
Here's our latest post. https://open.substack.com/pub/karenleemardicrane/p/plants-over-plastic?r=7yfoo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web