Windsanity

Among all of the insane things happening, this is among the most insane:

The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy.

Seriously? The same administration that has created the worst energy crisis in decades is also paying billions of dollars to stop the production of green energy. Oh, and let’s not forget that the world is burning up because of our consumption of fossil fuels. 

You can’t make this up. If you did, no one would believe it. 

Kia PV5: Yes, Please

It’s Friday and I would like a new electric car. I will take this one, please. 72-kia-pv5-static-profile.jpg.png

We had to replace a van a year ago and, of course, we looked at options for hybrid and electric. There were almost none, and certainly none in anywhere near a reasonable price range. This would fit the bill nicely if it ever comes to the U.S. 

The Dual Threat

Dvid Kurtz in TPM today pithily nails the threat we face :

Beating back the flames of fascism while the fascists fan the flames of global warming is the dual-threat 21st-century apocalypse that I can still scarcely get my head around.

And yet, we must not despair. The struggle continues.