According to AAA, the average price of gas in Pennsylvania has risen from $3.46/gallon to $4.15 over the last month and diesel from $4.68/gallon to $6.09. Glad I’m driving an EV.
Peter D. Buck
@peterdbuck.bsky.social
Climate, sustainability, education, & democracy leader | Born at 332 ppm | Views my own
If you are tired of these petrostate wars & have the money, buy an EV. Regardless, your next car should be an EV. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/02/e...
EV demand is getting a boost from the Iran war — just as auto giants pivot back to combustion engines
Various car selling platforms have reported a sharp increase in consumer interest for EVs since the Middle East crisis began.
cnbc.com
I will be sad for Tommy Wiseau if “Melania" displaces “The Room” as the worst movie of all time.
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4mo ago
There are no ethical and practical systems thinkers in the Trump regime. They are simple-minded ideologues who think every problem is a Gordian Knot they can cut through as if they are Alexander the Great. None of that is true. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/a-desperat...
A desperate need for systems thinking, ethics, and strategic competence in the American government.
We are deeply unwell. Trump is a symptom of our lunacy. We have become a detached from reality, addicted to hyperbole, clinically self-obsessed, and inured to violence. We need a recovery program.
peterdbuck.substack.com
I am so grateful to have gotten to work on the Centre County solar power purchase agreement. It’s wild that it took the full might of the federal government to stop it. Let that sink in. “First one through the wall gets bloody.” Glad to do it. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/the-centre...
The Centre County intergovernmental solar project falls to the war on clean energy. But its potential is very much alive.
Even though it will not be completed, the cause remains. Public opinion on solar and climate change as well as rising prices and budget stress will demand ingenuity. We are prepared.
peterdbuck.substack.com
These guys were selling t-shirts until they needed a war to cover up the intentional damage they did to the economy and the president's involvement in a pedophilia scandal.
It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!
You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.
On Friday, 10 local governments met to end the intergovernmental solar power purchase agreement I catalyzed. After almost 7 years of painstaking work, it became a casualty of the MAGA war on clean energy. But I am more heartened than saddened. Read why. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/the-centre...
The Centre County intergovernmental solar project falls to the war on clean energy. But its potential is very much alive.
Even though it will not be completed, the cause remains. Public opinion on solar and climate change as well as rising prices and budget stress will demand ingenuity. We are prepared.
peterdbuck.substack.com
An unjust war should never be fought. But those who demand the war be fought should pay for it with their greatest effort.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5mo agoCurrently trending on X.
This is not something we can ignore. Obama never went to war with Iran. Trump has failed to negotiate effectively on the world stage & is failing to govern the United States.
Sidewalk chalk from a rally for Black lives after the murder of George Floyd. With a white nationalist in the White House & ICE terrorizing Americans, these words are at least as important today as they were then.
I need only to stand in the midst of a clear-cut forest, a strip-mined hillside, a defoliated jungle, or a dammed canyon to feel uneasy with assumptions that could yield the conclusion that no human action can make any difference to the welfare of anything but sentient animals. John Rodman
You know how to support freedom? Support public education, use public libraries, read & support an independent & free press, respect the independent judiciary, recognize the power of peer-reviewed science, fight for public health & universal healthcare,…
The U.S. bombing of Iran is a war of choice. It runs completely contrary to Trump’s campaign promises to both end conflicts & keep the U.S. out of conflicts. apnews.com/live/live-up...
Live updates: Trump say Iran’s supreme leader is dead
The U.S. and Israel struck Iran on Saturday. President Donald Trump said Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, telling Iranians to take back their country.
apnews.com
“When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don’t speak out, ain’t anybody going to speak out for you.” Fannie Lou Hamer
Eliminating the endangerment finding on CO2 puts us at more risk. The finding enabled the federal government to treat carbon dioxide as a pollutant, making it directly subject to regulation. This move is a middle finger followed by a mugging. It will cost us dearly. substack.com/home/post/p-...
We are in more danger without "the endangerment finding" on carbon dioxide
It would be generous to say this is a “head in the sand” approach. It is really a middle finger followed by a mugging.
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I live in State College, Pennsylvania. It is a special place. We are the home of Penn State which was created by Abraham Lincoln signing the Morrill Act in 1863. Education, discovery, service, creativity, openness to all people, and sportsmanship make this place great.
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters...”
AI is occupying our lives. Its rapid rise has required massive investment in data centers. Their impact on electricity prices, energy security, & climate impacts are significant. open.substack.com/pub/peterdbu...
