August was an excellent month for the environment but not green supporters

Reviewing the news items for the past month (while listening to Living on Earth):

              Promising research has emerged on RNA use in agriculture, which will slow GMO

              Carbon reduction technology has now been proven on a small scale

              Tesla appears to have solved a lot of the engineering problems for solar storage

              Public noise from science deniers has almost ceased

              Even Californians have proven they can conserve water – agriculture too

These are major, well documented break-through in technology and behavior, but why are green supporters miserable?  They continue to complain, non-stop, about everything from historical disasters (New Orleans) to the prevalence of green lawns (21% of water use) in the US.

I can be charitable, and point out that the technology that can really begin to attack carbon, reduce risk in agriculture, revolutionize individual travel, and modify wasteful behavior are all long term efforts with long term results.  The sound bites and airwave rants of environmentalist are all short term in focus. They all make a living claiming that the sky is falling.

How about the theory that ‘greens’ just like to and need to complain all the time?

Corruption is no joke

Long an advocate of the view of the US as the most corrupt society in the world, I submit:

‘Meghan Kelly and Donald Trump walk into a bar [pause].  They order drinks [pause].  As the drinks arrive Donald Trump removes a large brown envelope with USD200,000 and hands it to Meghan Kelly.

They both raise their glasses and drink a toast to Charles Van Doren  [drum thump].’