Guns and extremism in the United States
The violence problem here in the US, as my friend John Wight points out, is due to guns and extremism. A friend who lives in Florida says maybe he needs to start carrying a gun too, since there seem to…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Las Vegas attempted grab of Great Basin water
The Great Basin (about 1/15 of the total land mass of the US, mostly in Nevada) has plentiful amounts of water just waiting in its aquifers for thirsty minions in Southern Nevada to slurp down, via hundreds of miles of…
Desalination is not a cure-all for water woes
Some countries, like Israel and Saudi Arabia, rely heavily on desalination for water. However, for California, it isn’t a panacea. It’s expensive, uses copious amounts of electricity (and many forms of creating electricity require using large amounts of water, hmm)…
Universal basic income would probably create a new serf class
The idea of a universal basic income is being floated in the U.S. by Silicon Valley types who quite rightly see the possibility of serious social unrest should tens of millions of workers soon be losing their jobs to automation…
Utah has a serious opiate addiction problem
Just because a doctor prescribes opiates doesn’t make them less addictive than buying heroin on the street. If you take opiates on a regular basis, you will get addicted. Whether or not they were originally taken for pain is irrelevant.…
Self-righteous indignation and rage is our national sport
The Harambe incident was tragic. Does anyone actually think the child’s parent wanted him to fall into the pen? Well of course they didn’t. But that hasn’t stopped rageaholics from screaming the parents should be arrested or from posting death…
Yet another offshore wind farm for Scotland. U.S. has none
Construction will start soon in Scotland on the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Windfarm, enough to power 450,000 homes. When completed in 2019 there will be 88 turbines, producing close to 7MW each. Total cost will be $3.8 billion. Meanwhile, back in…