Why We Can All Have Big Lawns and Pools One of the many misconceptions among environmentalists is that clean drinking water is increasingly scarce, and that we will run out of it soon if we do not drastically change our ways. There is merit to this argument, but it fails to consider the age we … Continue reading Freshwater Doesn’t Need to Be Scarce
This Aircraft Destroys Russo-Chinese Chances of Contesting Airspace On July 27th, 1972, a true knight of the skies first took flight. Over 40 years later and the F-15 Eagle is still in service and this year the Air Force is putting in an order for a brand new variant known as the F-15X. As if … Continue reading The F-15X Spells Air Supremacy
Examining the Challenge of Sustainable Long-Distance Travel Hippy activists may tell you humans are killing the earth— they're wrong. Earth is fine, and we're the ones in trouble. The cold, dark universe will remain indifferent to our climate and ecological dilemmas. Here I will explain why we won't be using rail or electric airplanes, and … Continue reading A Look at Carbon Free Airplanes
Re-examining Andrew Yang's Signature Policy Universal Basic Income is becoming increasingly popular, especially among young people, who recently polled majority support for the futuristic program. The concept is decades old, and was first popularized in 1972, when George McGovern, then Democrat-candidate for the presidency publically touted a $1,000 a year basic income. Up until very … Continue reading A Second Look at the Freedom Dividend
Why We Need to Cut the Deficit and National Debt Americans on both sides of the political isle support cutting the debt and eliminating the deficit. Everyone knows the debt is a problem, but few actually know why or what sort of problem it really is. Republican tax cuts are projected to increase the debt … Continue reading Some Real Debt Talk
Challenges, Solutions, and Utility of High-Speed Rail Networks Enabling daily commutes from Frederick to Baltimore, or Bakersfield to Los Angeles, high speed rail has the potential to strengthen trade, commerce, and mobility between American cities. While I would agree that it is unlikely, based on our current models to assume these projects could pay for … Continue reading An American Shinkansen
Most People Are Underestimating Free Market Advances in Green Energy The United States must produce less than a billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent gas emissions in order to become carbon neutral. Today, the US has an output of roughly 6.5 billion, with 5.5 billion coming from the energy sector. While this may appear to … Continue reading The Coming Green Energy Tsunami
