Hard to believe but… sometimes passionate environmentalists are really bad for the environment
You may have noticed some very weird winds blowing around the world these days. These strange forces are all about the environment, yet are not really part of the environment at all; they exist between peoples’ ears and nowhere else. That doesn’t make these forces any less real; people of many stripes have been terrified […]
Canadians learning about trees from Italians? The benefits of a scarcity mentality
Some years ago, I bought my first house, a townhouse. It was one of those three story open-plan 1970s things with a west-facing back wall mostly of glass and a theoretical mountain view if you stood on a 12-foot ladder in the middle of the living room and twisted your head just right. The back […]
“JUST DO SOMETHING!” – how fear-induced actions are leading to disastrous climate change decisions, and examples of the opposite
Researchers have been analyzing the relationship between mental anxiety and the quality of decision making. While it may seem silly to study what is so glaringly obvious, there can be value when the study leads to new insights. In this example, researchers, perhaps bored with the unpredictable antics of humans, showed that a group of […]
Harassing EV owners is slightly dumber than blockading pipelines, but mostly the same – the circle of hell created by ignorant extremism
A new breed of idiot is running amok, in the US this time. Media reports have documented a new trend called ICE-ing (short for Internal Combustion Engine) where blockheads in big pickups purposely park their trucks in electric vehicle charging spots, blocking any EV owner from accessing power. These may be the same pioneers of […]
Know the environmental footprint of your life, then protest
If you’re out working near any petroleum infrastructure that might contain sour gas, there is an ironclad rule of thumb: if you see a co-worker laying on the ground unconscious, and you aren’t wearing a Scott Air-Pak, you don’t go help him. You leave him there and you run like hell. Nice, hey? The field […]
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