Thursday, April 23, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Iranian Regime Signs Its Own DEATH WARRANT?
The first 20 minutes talk about the Iran war. I like the whole video, but war news feels somewhat repetitive.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
The Politics and Economics of Solar Energy
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I've enjoyed this channel for years. I hope to continue to enjoy this channel for years.
I'm not convinced that renewables can get us through a tough winter. The Texas 2021 power crisis led to an estimated 702 deaths. We need other methods of producing energy as a backup. Fortunately, we already have that.
If solar energy is economical then we will use more of it with time. The energy sources we use will depend upon economics and a variety of factors. If it is economical enough, I will put it on my house.
Back when I lived in Utah, the electric company gave me the option of paying more to have some of my energy come from solar power. I chose not to do that.
Single use energy is a viable option if it is either more economical or reliable. The light hitting solar panels is also single use, but we can always get more of it. Likewise, we can get more fossil fuels until we eventually run out of it. Reportedly, we will be running out of most fossil fuels by the year 2100, but coal is projected to last well into the next century.
The lower cost of solar panels might be artificial because China has subsidized this industry, putting our domestic production out of business. China uses energy mostly from coal to build solar panels.
Sabine Hossenfelder has a video called, "The Big Problem With Solar Power" which discusses the economics.
I take issue with the demonizing of the political right, which like the political left, wants what they perceive as the best policies for the country.
Internet Service Providers are not in the business of losing money. If people choose to live in remote areas then they should bear the extra costs of obtaining services.
Biden's Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program cost $42.5 billion, and the program has faced significant problems. In truth, this steals from the many to benefit a few, with questionable results. These programs tend to be pie-in-the-sky impractical. This is the problem with saying we are more productive if we do things together. It justifies picking everyone's pockets to help a small segment of society.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
Monday, April 20, 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Manufacturing in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing#List_of_countries_by_manufacturing_output
Google AI tells me that Indiana has the largest concentration of manufacturing. Other states with higher populations have more manufacturing overall. This is no surprise, as factories are common in Indiana, and the state is known for its blue collar labor force.
My home of Columbus, Indiana, is essentially a factory town where Cummins Engine Company has its worldwide headquarters and is the main industry of Columbus.
The industrialist Iwrin Miller took pride in Columbus, and was behind efforts to make it a nice place to live. I loved growing up in Columbus, so much so that I always wanted to retire here.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
NO MORE KINGS - Schoolhouse Rock!
Fifty years ago, the country was celebrating its bicentennial, and I remember it like it was just a few years ago.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
The Climate Crisis is a Scam - Professor Ian Plimer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kNvSu93P9Q&t=1153s
This guy says many of the same things I’ve been saying, such as pointing out how changes in the Earth’s orbit can cause ice ages. He talks about the massive CO2 decline over Earth's history and how it got dangerously low 20,000 years ago, where if it had been any lower, all terrestrial plant life would have died.
However, he denies any relationship between man-made emissions and rising temperatures.
The average global atmospheric temperature has risen by about 1 to 1.1 degrees since 1880. Some of the temperature records are controversial because the government has adjusted past measurements, claiming that earlier methods were not consistent with modern ones. Nevertheless, we know that temperatures have increased, albeit rather slowly.
It seems very likely that man-made emissions have been at least partially responsible for this increase. However, we also came out of the Little Ice Age around 1850, so there was already an upward trend.
The temperature and CO₂ data suggest that the rate of change is gradual and that temperature sensitivity to CO₂ is relatively low. I have no reason to believe that we are in a climate crisis, at least not in the near future.
Reportedly, out of the 100+ models that the IPCC uses, the only model that accurately predicts actual climate is the less extreme Russian model. However, the IPCC likes to average all the models, including the more extreme ones. They make their predictions with huge error bars, indicating a wide range of possible outcomes, because they really don't know. However, the focus tends to be on the more extreme predictions.
Almost all of the disagreement is about the degree of positive feedback, also known as Climate Sensitivity. Although this seems mild now, I can't rule out some significant effect in the future. However, if there were, we would have plenty of warning. These changes happen very slowly.
All of the really bad scenarios would require us to raise the temperature by 4 to 5 degrees. We just aren't getting there very fast, and we are running out of fossil fuels.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
You are being misled about renewable energy technology
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I am almost convinced, but...
Reportedly, China has massively subsidized solar panel construction in order to dominate the world market, leading to an oversupply, driving solar panel cost down by 90%. Is this a sustainable economic situation?
Given that, I think that the free market will use the most economic source of energy, which could change depending upon a combination of economics and politics.
There is much concern about the reliability of renewable energy. The counter argument is that you need massive backup sources of energy, but it seems to me that we already have that.
Monday, April 13, 2026
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Saturday, March 28, 2026
Roald Dahl
His works for children include James and the Giant Peach; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Matilda; Fantastic Mr Fox; The BFG;
Dahl made repeated antisemitic comments throughout his life,[101] and ultimately stated he was antisemitic in his late life.[102] In August 1983, Dahl reviewed Australian author Tony Clifton's God Cried, a picture book about the siege of West Beirut by the Israeli army during the 1982 Lebanon War.[103] The article, in which Dahl stated the Jews had never "switched so rapidly from much-pitied victims to barbarous murderers", appeared in the Literary Review and was the subject of media comment and criticism at the time.[104] Dahl wrote that Clifton's book would make readers "violently anti-Israeli", at the time saying, "I am not anti-Semitic. I am anti-Israel."[105] In 1990, Dahl spoke again on the Lebanon invasion, stating "they killed 22,000 civilians when they bombed Beirut. It was very much hushed up in the newspapers because they are primarily Jewish-owned. I'm certainly anti-Israeli and I've become antisemitic in as much as that you get a Jewish person in another country like England strongly supporting Zionism. I think they should see both sides. It's the same old thing: we all know about Jews and the rest of it. There aren't any non-Jewish publishers anywhere, they control the media—jolly clever thing to do".[106] His comments invoked responses from Jewish colleagues and friends, with the philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin, stating, "I thought he might say anything. Could have been pro-Arab or pro-Jew. There was no consistent line. He was a man who followed whims, which meant he would blow up in one direction, so to speak",[105] while Amelia Foster, Jewish director of the Roald Dahl Museum in Great Missenden, said, "He had a childish reaction to what was going on in Israel. Dahl wanted to provoke, as he always provoked at dinner."[107] As a consequence of his comments, in 2014, the Royal Mint decided not to produce a coin to commemorate the centenary of Dahl's birth.[108] In 2020, Dahl's family published a statement on the official Roald Dahl website apologising for his antisemitism.[109]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl
Dahl made repeated antisemitic comments throughout his life,[101] and ultimately stated he was antisemitic in his late life.[102] In August 1983, Dahl reviewed Australian author Tony Clifton's God Cried, a picture book about the siege of West Beirut by the Israeli army during the 1982 Lebanon War.[103] The article, in which Dahl stated the Jews had never "switched so rapidly from much-pitied victims to barbarous murderers", appeared in the Literary Review and was the subject of media comment and criticism at the time.[104] Dahl wrote that Clifton's book would make readers "violently anti-Israeli", at the time saying, "I am not anti-Semitic. I am anti-Israel."[105] In 1990, Dahl spoke again on the Lebanon invasion, stating "they killed 22,000 civilians when they bombed Beirut. It was very much hushed up in the newspapers because they are primarily Jewish-owned. I'm certainly anti-Israeli and I've become antisemitic in as much as that you get a Jewish person in another country like England strongly supporting Zionism. I think they should see both sides. It's the same old thing: we all know about Jews and the rest of it. There aren't any non-Jewish publishers anywhere, they control the media—jolly clever thing to do".[106] His comments invoked responses from Jewish colleagues and friends, with the philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin, stating, "I thought he might say anything. Could have been pro-Arab or pro-Jew. There was no consistent line. He was a man who followed whims, which meant he would blow up in one direction, so to speak",[105] while Amelia Foster, Jewish director of the Roald Dahl Museum in Great Missenden, said, "He had a childish reaction to what was going on in Israel. Dahl wanted to provoke, as he always provoked at dinner."[107] As a consequence of his comments, in 2014, the Royal Mint decided not to produce a coin to commemorate the centenary of Dahl's birth.[108] In 2020, Dahl's family published a statement on the official Roald Dahl website apologising for his antisemitism.[109]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl
Friday, March 27, 2026
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Why Marxism Is Incoherent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UEJKhrt-aM
Political theories often obscure what is really going on. At its core, the issue comes down to whether individuals or the government should make decisions—and, consequently, whether individuals or the government should pay for services. When the government pays for a service, it reduces individual choice.
For example, if the government provided refrigerators, you might not like the ones it offers. However, your taxes would still go toward funding those refrigerators, regardless of whether you choose to buy a different one. This argument can be applied to education, yet few people believe that education should be entirely private.
A case can be made for many public services. Likewise, some burdens are easier to manage when they are shared collectively.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Iran’s Decentralized Mosaic Defense, Antifragile Against War of Aggression: Example for Humanity
@john2001plus
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Delusional. Iran has supported terror against America and Israel for decades based upon false apocalyptic beliefs. The murderous Mullahs are getting payback.
The only acceptable result is to establish a secular democracy.
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Delusional. Iran has supported terror against America and Israel for decades based upon false apocalyptic beliefs. The murderous Mullahs are getting payback.
The only acceptable result is to establish a secular democracy.
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Diego Garcia
Iran sent two missiles toward Diego Garcia. It is a joint British and American military base in the Indian Ocean, 2500 miles from Iran. Reportedly, Iran's missiles only have a range of 2000 miles. The news speculates that Iran has more missile capability than we thought.
One missile failed and the other was shot down.
Friday, March 20, 2026
Thursday, March 19, 2026
The nation is accelerating its self-assassination
Thomas Jefferson said spending money to be repaid by posterity is "swindling futurity on a large scale." There is, however, no injustice in borrowing from the future to fund public goods — those from which all citizens, present and future, will benefit. Such goods — physical (roads, dams, harbors, defense) and intellectual (education, scientific research) — are the infrastructure enabling society's dynamism. The swindle that has become normal is perpetrated by generations in power funding their consumption of government goods by burdening — borrowing from — future generations.
This practice stores up risk. The higher the national debt as a percentage of GDP, the less leeway government has to respond to recessions or other economic shocks. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says the government entered the last two recessions with the national debt at 35 percent and 80 percent of GDP, respectively. Today it is 100 percent.
If we have banished the business cycle, relax. If not … "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself," said the physicist Richard Feynman, "and you are the easiest person to fool."
This practice stores up risk. The higher the national debt as a percentage of GDP, the less leeway government has to respond to recessions or other economic shocks. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says the government entered the last two recessions with the national debt at 35 percent and 80 percent of GDP, respectively. Today it is 100 percent.
If we have banished the business cycle, relax. If not … "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself," said the physicist Richard Feynman, "and you are the easiest person to fool."
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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