The Battle of Britain and Artie Holmes’ Hurricane
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Diana Fleischman on Evolutionary Psychology, Men & Women & Effective Altruism
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in economics of education Tags: evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology
Bryan Caplan – The Case Against Education
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Indian Insurrection: Thousands of Rural Protesters Revolt Against Threatened Wind Farm
17 Aug 2021 Leave a comment
Another day, another rural community revolts against industrial wind power. This time it’s thousands of Indian villagers fighting back to prevent the destruction of their precious forests and fertile farmlands.
In the absence of massive subsidies, the wind industry would pose no threat, to anyone, anywhere. But, for as long as governments dole out taxpayer and power consumers’ money in the form of endless subsidies, mandates and targets, wind power outfits will continue to ride roughshod over hard-working farmers and their families.
While the charge NIMBY is often levelled by wind industry rent-seekers at those protesting against the prospect of having 260m high monsters speared into their backyards, in STT’s view there is no place for industrial wind turbines, anywhere, ever. Our argument starts with the unassailable fact that weather-dependent wind power simply cannot deliver meaningful electricity on demand; never has, never will. Accordingly, wind power is, and will always…
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Pascal’s Wager: Crash Course Philosophy #15
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in economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of religion Tags: conjecture and refutation, Freedom of religion, philosophy of science
Why It’s OK to Want to Be Rich Jason Brennan
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