Two more Trump matters.  To no one's surprise, Robert F. Kennedy was confirmed this morning as his Secretary of Health and Human Resources.  All Democrats and Republican Senator Mitch McConnell were the only no votes.  Will this become the worst cabinet in all of history?  In his first term,  Donald Trump already was selected as the worst president of the USA .   From  BCTV : The Trump cabinet is receiving a lot of attention lately-most of it bad. The details vary, but much of the unwelcome spotlight focuses on the quality of the cabinet – or lack thereof.  This is the cabinet Trump himself called “by far the highest IQ of any Cabinet ever assembled.”  Others, less kind perhaps, have branded it “the worst cabinet in American history.”  Individual cabinet members have been proclaimed, “dumb,” “stupid,” “illiterate,” “incompetent,” “moronic,” and panoply of other less than complimentary terms . Also, the  Washington Post  ag...

This blog site began with renewable energy, added the environment, then expanded in all other directions because of my book,  SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity .   Today, back to energy, and mostly from  Energy Matters , soundbites from the  American Energy Society . Top 5 hot topics at the end of 2022 Energy security. U.S. policy successes. Hydrogen. Transmission/pipeline infrastructure. Tie:  liquified natural gas and fusion. Five years ago (end of 2017) it was: President Trump. U.S. LNG production. Battery storage. Smart-grids. Autonomous vehicles. Here are the top stories this past year. January. There are 13 new lithium gigafactories under construction, just in the U.S., causing a supply imbalance. Solar power accounts for half of the new electric generating capacity in the U.S. February. Russian invades Ukraine. Global coal markets set new production records. March. Oil prices jump above $100/barrel. Electricity and nickel prices go haywire. Countries ign...