Elon Musk recently sent bitcoin prices plummeting when he announced that Tesla would no longer accept the cryptocurrency, citing concerns over the environment. “Energy usage trend over past few months is insane,” said Musk, one of bitcoin’s highest-profile supporters, in a May 12 tweet. Tesla & Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/YSswJmVZhP — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 12, 2021…
Luke Rosiak – Virginia House Del. Ibraheem Samirah introduced a bill that would override local zoning officials to permit multi-family housing in every neighborhood, changing the character of quiet suburbs. – Oregon passed a similar bill, following moves by cities such as Minneapolis; Austin, Texas; and Seattle. – Proponents say urban lifestyles are…
If you’re a Millennial who feels a strong disdain for those of the Boomer generation (that raised them), you might have some unresolved issues with your home life. I’m not here to play armchair psychotherapist, but let’s look at some of the issues you might have with Boomers. I am technically a member of the…
In 2008 I was invited to a conference called Australia Recycles! in Fremantle. I flew coach for 30 hours (we had to divert, at one point, to Auckland instead of Sydney because huge headwinds used up more fuel than expected) and landed in Perth and then was driven to Freo by one of the conference…
Michael Bastasch Republish Reprint The United Nations is out with a familiar refrain: ecological catastrophe is decades away, echoing a warning from 1982. In 1982, the U.N. warned of environmental destruction “as irreversible as any nuclear holocaust” by the turn of the century. This time, the U.N. says one million species are threatened with extinction,…