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The Fossil Fuel Dilemma: Will the U.S. Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater? The United States faces a dilemma about the production of fossil fuels: Should the nation restrict this activity as it heads toward a renewables future, or would that throw the baby out with the bathwater? Is the perfect the enemy of the good, which is the gradual electrification of everything? The
Tam students right to walk out after racial slurs I am writing in regard to the article published Oct. 12 with the headline “Tam High students protest racial slur video with walkout.” I found the actions of the students on the video disturbing. However, quite frankly, I was not surprised. I often worry that, while […]
Demographics are a crucial element in understanding trends in electoral politics. In recent decades, sociology became an essential field to comprehend how and why American politics radically changed. Today’s Democrats and Republicans are not your parents’ political parties. Marin’s political orientation transitioned in the past quarter century. Well into the second half of the 20th […]
And Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a six-week abortion ban into law.
Natural gas has been the fuel of choice for utilities since supplies increased, due to deregulation of price, and especially the plenty guaranteed by fracking. It burns 60-percent cleaner than coal and is easily transported and stored. Gas turbines are flexible. Above all, the power they produce is dispatchable on demand. As more wind and solar comes on line, the need for