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Kansas Is Set to Approve Net Energy Metering Bill
Read More →: Kansas Is Set to Approve Net Energy Metering BillThe Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee is now holding hearings on HB 2228. The bill will reset the total capacity limitation for net energy metering (NEM) systems that may operate…
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Cause of the Polar Vortex
Read More →: Cause of the Polar VortexIt is difficult to explain how global warming can cause some of the extremely cold weather we have been experiencing. The Arctic is warming much faster than the rest of…
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How a Carbon Dividend Could Help Homeless Veterans
Read More →: How a Carbon Dividend Could Help Homeless VeteransA carbon dividend results from the Carbon Fee And Dividend approach to regulating greenhouse emissions. The money collected by the fee is not a tax, as it would be distributed…
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What is the Kansas Chamber of Commerce Hiding?
Read More →: What is the Kansas Chamber of Commerce Hiding?” The answer is, “The Truth”. Many high-profile disasters such as the Challenger explosion, the Deepwater Horizon debacle, and the Chevrolet Corvair which asphyxiated its passengers, can be traced to…
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Who Is Responsible for High Electric Rates in Kansas?
Read More →: Who Is Responsible for High Electric Rates in Kansas?“Evergy is responsible for the high electric rates in Kansas, but the Kansas Legislature is to blame for nothing being done about it. “ In 2008, Kansas disbanded the Kansas…
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Global Warming: Alarmism Versus Denial
Read More →: Global Warming: Alarmism Versus DenialFossil fuel companies knew in 1979 that carbon dioxide emissions would cause the Earth to warm, creating undesirable consequences for the Earth. By 1981, the Exxon scientist concluded that the…
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The Kansas Marshall Plan: Good Ol’ Boy Politics
Read More →: The Kansas Marshall Plan: Good Ol’ Boy PoliticsThe Marshall Plan was initiated in 1948 to help Europe rebuild after World War II. Interestingly, Kansas also has a Marshall plan named for Kansan Roger Marshall. It helps prominent…
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Partisan Politics Kills People: When Covid Came to Kansas
Read More →: Partisan Politics Kills People: When Covid Came to Kansas“Had the United States Republican leaders developed strong guidelines for dealing with Covid 19, the Kansas Legislature would probably have followed them. However, no guidelines were forthcoming, and the pandemic…
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Covid and Its Omicron Variant
Read More →: Covid and Its Omicron VariantCoronavirus is the type of virus that causes common colds, but it can also cause more serious diseases such as SARS, MERS, or COVID – 19. The virus is only…
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The Beatles Get Back: An Inexpert Review
Read More →: The Beatles Get Back: An Inexpert ReviewI really like the Beatles so I was excited to see that “The Beatles Get Back” was now available on Disney. It was a three-part series with each part lasting…
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Is Carbon Capture and Storage a Viable Option?
Read More →: Is Carbon Capture and Storage a Viable Option?The countries of the world have reached a consensus that we need to reduce our carbon emissions. One proposal to do that is to switch to a hydrogen economy. The…
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The Effect of the Increasing CO2 on the Earth
Read More →: The Effect of the Increasing CO2 on the EarthScience is about using observation and reason to understand the physical world. Here are some of the latest observations showing how increasing greenhouse gases are changing the Earth. CO2: Man is…
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Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor Poorer
Read More →: Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor PoorerThe 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act (TJCA) really did a job on the American people. The results were predictable. A similar tax cut in Kansas in 2012 was a…
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Observations of Climate Change in Kolkata
Read More →: Observations of Climate Change in KolkataThis is a guest post from Pabitra Mukhopadhyay, who is a hydrological engineer in Calcutta. It was originally written in Bengali, and a rough translation is below. ” · আজ থেকে দশ…
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A Road Trip in an EV
Read More →: A Road Trip in an EVThis is a guest post written by Darrel Hart of Wichita, Kansas. Many people have expressed fears about the range of Electric Vehicles or about finding charging stations. This article…
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Please Stop Stereotyping Republicans
Read More →: Please Stop Stereotyping RepublicansThere are a lot of articles and posts on social media lately which blame Republicans for a variety of ills in our society. The people responsible for those ills are…
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Sustainability Comes to Wichita
Read More →: Sustainability Comes to WichitaThe Wichita City Council voted on June 15, 2021, to form a Sustainability Board. This was due to the work of several environmental groups, especially SOAR, who had that as…
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Mank: A Warning about Fake News
Read More →: Mank: A Warning about Fake NewsThe movie, Mank, explores the fake news used to defeat Upton Sinclair when he ran for governor of California.
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The Mythical Magic Hydrogen Economy
Read More →: The Mythical Magic Hydrogen EconomyThere’s a little bit of truth to every myth, and the hydrogen economy is no different. Hydrogen fuel cells would be wonderful for the environment. They combine hydrogen with oxygen…
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