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Priorities and Perspectives

An empty baby bottle sitting on a dining table with a burp cloth draped over a chair in the background.

Hello… Anybody Home? Howdy, and a belated Happy New Year! I owe you an explanation for why the frequency of new articles has dropped so steeply in the past couple months. I’ve got a pretty good excuse: we welcomed a new kiddo into our old home a few months ago. She’s happy and healthy, and … Read more

Is It Pointless to Make Your Home Greener?

Somebody recently showed me an interesting article by Matt Yglesias called “The case for more energy.” In it, Yglesias suggests that we’ve spent too long focusing on energy austerity—how to get by with less—and efficiency, when a much better goal is to focus on energy abundance. That is, creating so much damn renewable energy that … Read more