Brad Plumer, hysteric in chief for “Vox”, warns that a new report from the UN—well, I’ll let Brad tell it: “The new report includes a review of the evidence that carbon dioxide from burning coal, gas, and oil is heating the planet. It notes that some amount of “irreversible” climate disruption is already locked in,…
Tag: environmental stupidity
Tesla Good, Tesla Bad, or Tesla Trivial?
Slate magazine offers dueling Tesla takes, with Scott Woolley claiming that the federal government should have hit the electric company up for some stock options back in 2009 when the U.S. Energy Department gifted Tesla with a $465 million low-cost loan. According to Woolley, Uncle Sam is acting Uncle Sucker. If we’re going to handing cash for high-risk…
The passion, and the stupidity, of Ryan Avent
Are you ready for some bullshit? Over at the Economist, Ryan Avent feels that the Apocalypse is well upon us: The coastal, urban corridor along which I live now is horribly changed from its condition a century ago. Those of us who live along it spend the vast majority of our time indoors and only…