US DOE has blocked reports for more than 40 clean energy studies. “There are dozens of reports that can’t be published,” said Stephen Capanna, former director of strategic analysis who quit in frustration in April 2019. h/t @dan_kammen cc @SolomonG_R https://www.invw.org/2020/10/26/trump-administration-buries-dozens-of-clean-energy-studies/">https://www.invw.org/2020/10/2...

.. while claiming that energy efficiency - a powerhouse win-win solution which could reduce US carbon emissions a whopping 50% and save $700B - is all about making people& #39;s windows tiny (?!) https://www.aceee.org/sites/default/files/halfway-there-0919.pdf">https://www.aceee.org/sites/def...

... and that wind energy, which supplies 20% of Texas& #39; electricity, is a bird killer. Well sure...but compared to fossil fuels, windows, and cats? It& #39;s quite literally microscopic; plus there& #39;s lots of cool new tech to reduce wind bird deaths further. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148112000857">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...

If the current US administration has any goal, it appears to be to return the country to the good old days of being a second-world country ... while the rest of the world, led by China and India, surges ahead into the future.

By the way, the above photo is my great-grandma Lucy. My great-grandpa was a strong advocate for technology so just 10 years later this was their family photo (and we have plenty of home movies from those days as well - how amazing is that?). Which is exactly my point.