This was quite the thought-provoking newsletter today, Bill! I vaguely remember it from 5 years ago but a lot has filled my brain in the meantime so it is well worth repeating.
What is it with this administration (historically conservatives in general) and science? Trump hates and wants to cancel wind farms yet Denmark (for example) obtains over 70% of its electricity from wind and solar. They hate vaccines that are proven to work, including the mRNA platform. Climate change? Neuter the EPA?
“Conservatives have a long and complex history of disliking science because scientific results may counter their own religious beliefs or sometimes science goes against their commitment to corporate and personal profits. If there is one topic that exemplifies these statements, it is ‘climate change,’ and Republicans are now finding themselves completely alone in the world as they desperately grasp onto the denial that it exists. An article in Rolling Stone stated it best, “For the modern-day Republican Party, protecting fossil fuels wasn’t a pet issue; it was a religion. The Church of Carbon.”
This was quite the thought-provoking newsletter today, Bill! I vaguely remember it from 5 years ago but a lot has filled my brain in the meantime so it is well worth repeating.
What is it with this administration (historically conservatives in general) and science? Trump hates and wants to cancel wind farms yet Denmark (for example) obtains over 70% of its electricity from wind and solar. They hate vaccines that are proven to work, including the mRNA platform. Climate change? Neuter the EPA?
“Conservatives have a long and complex history of disliking science because scientific results may counter their own religious beliefs or sometimes science goes against their commitment to corporate and personal profits. If there is one topic that exemplifies these statements, it is ‘climate change,’ and Republicans are now finding themselves completely alone in the world as they desperately grasp onto the denial that it exists. An article in Rolling Stone stated it best, “For the modern-day Republican Party, protecting fossil fuels wasn’t a pet issue; it was a religion. The Church of Carbon.”
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/chart-countries-most-renewable-energy
https://rantt.com/why-do-republicans-hate-science
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/conservatives-science-distrust-research-study-b2734467.html
https://livingroomconversations.org/
https://braverangels.org/
The links I provided support my position. What position are you using these links to support?
Swimming in the Chicago river...ew.