Biden’s Climate Plan Is Designed To Appeal To Independents Who Don’t Think Climate Change Is Serious

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:15:10 +0000

Biden’s climate plan is good on transportation and foreign policy, land use is adequate, but won’t get out the Democratic base or draw many Independents. It’s a plan to not lose votes, not a plan to get votes, and it’s not a sufficient plan for climate action

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Yang Would Spend $3 Trillion On Residential Solar, But The Same Money Could Decarbonize The Grid Entirely

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 03:50:26 +0000

Yang’s single largest dollar expenditure, 62% of his US$4.9 trillion budget, would only impact 2% to 5% of US energy consumption. And his investments on geoengineering, fusion, and thorium nuclear generation are purely wasted expenditures

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Elon Musk’s Long-Standing Support of Basic Income (& Thus Support of Andrew Yang)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 06:50:32 +0000

Elon Musk’s support of basic income long predates his support for Andrew Yang, whose signature Freedom Dividend is a variant of basic income

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