Great issue! You're always in the vanguard of encouraging climate news sources. Governor Kemp reminds me of Socrates's question to Meletus in the Apology of whoever heard of someone who approved of horsemanship but didn't believe in horses!
I'm really hopeful that with lots of Inflation Reduction Act money on the table, a lot more red state politicians and citizens will embrace renewable energy even though they don't believe in climate change, as weird a juxtaposition as that might be. We're already seeing a lot of this (e.g. huge wind and solar development in places like Texas and Iowa), and it's revving up more and more.
The full quote: "Did ever any man believe in horsemanship, and not in horses? or in flute-playing, and not in flute-players? No, my friend; I will answer to you and to the court, as you refuse to answer for yourself. There is no man who ever did"
Great issue! You're always in the vanguard of encouraging climate news sources. Governor Kemp reminds me of Socrates's question to Meletus in the Apology of whoever heard of someone who approved of horsemanship but didn't believe in horses!
There was a great article about this in The Economist recently, about overtly "anti-green" ranchers putting up wind turbines on their land because the economics were just too good to resist: https://www.economist.com/business/2023/01/12/go-to-texas-to-see-the-anti-green-future-of-clean-energy
That's a great reference, and very apposite!
I'm really hopeful that with lots of Inflation Reduction Act money on the table, a lot more red state politicians and citizens will embrace renewable energy even though they don't believe in climate change, as weird a juxtaposition as that might be. We're already seeing a lot of this (e.g. huge wind and solar development in places like Texas and Iowa), and it's revving up more and more.
The full quote: "Did ever any man believe in horsemanship, and not in horses? or in flute-playing, and not in flute-players? No, my friend; I will answer to you and to the court, as you refuse to answer for yourself. There is no man who ever did"
Great quote! Thank you for sharing this