In an old issue of Mother Jones, Kevin Drum has an excellent, clear-eyed article about what we need to do to seriously address climate change. The article is "We Need a Massive Climate Effort--Now."
As he states early on, "The real issue is this: Only large-scale government action can significantly reduce carbon emissions."
The other main point he has in the article is that we have to invest in major Research & Development, which often has happy inventions and discoveries like M&Ms during WWII.
The latter section provides information about these solutions:
- Renewable Energy
- Nuclear Power
- Energy Storage
- Land Use
- Carbon Capture
- Concrete
- Adaptation
- Biofuels
- Less Meat, Mostly Plants
- Fusion Energy
- Geoengineering
Read the article.
I was at the local post office on Monday. People were doing the social distancing thing, which they obviously should. However, the women in line behind me coughed rather raspy directly into her hand.
They need to do some PSAs for adults about how to properly cough into one's elbow.
I'm glad that woman was behind me. I got the hell out of there quickly.
In the recent issue of The Atlantic, Christopher Orr has an interesting essay about Scooby-Doo: "The Secret of Scooby-Doo's Enduring Appeal."
I admittedly have a thing for red-headed women. I think it all started with Daphne.
Oh sweet Daphne...
