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Careful What You Wish for If We Electrify Everything

Careful What You Wish for If We Electrify Everything

Robert Lyman Dr. Jay Lehr cfact.org Robert Lyman is an economist with 37 years of service to the Canadian government. CFACT Senior Science Analyst Jay Lehr has authored more than 1,000 magazine and journal articles and 36 books. Jay’s new book A Hitchhikers Journey Through Climate Change

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… verdigris (noun): 1a : a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates b : normal copper acetate Cu(C2H3O2)2·H2O 2 : a green or bluish deposit especially of copper carbonates

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… haywire (adverb or adjective): 1 : being out of order or having gone wrong 2 : emotionally or mentally upset or out of control Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :The noun haywire refers to a type of wire once used in baling hay and sometimes for makeshift repairs.

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… ilk (noun, pronoun): noun : sort, kind – e.g. politicians and their ilk pronoun (chiefly Scotland) : same —used with that especially in the names of landed families Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :The Old English pronoun ilca is the predecessor of the modern noun ilk, but by

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… exponent (noun): 1 : a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power 2a : one that expounds or interprets b : one that champions, practices, or exemplifies Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :You probably won’t

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No One Talks about This Right

Walter Block fee.org Walter Edward Block is an American economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist who holds the Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics at the J. A. Butt School of Business at Loyola University New Orleans. He is a member of the FEE Faculty Network. With the

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… laconic (adjective): : using or involving the use of a minimum of words Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Laconia was an ancient country in southern Greece. Its capital city was Sparta, and the Spartans were famous for their terseness of speech. Laconic comes to us by way

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What a Disgrace: Auckland Airport

What a Disgrace: Auckland Airport

After my partner and I had spent nearly 24 hours travelling from Asia to return to New Zealand our last leg from Sydney to Auckland was delayed by two hours. We finally arrived at Auckland Airport on QF143 18 November 2022 only to be advised by the captain they had

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… coalesce (verb): 1 : to grow together 2a : to unite into a whole : fuse b : to unite for a common end : join forces 3 : to arise from the combination of distinct elements Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :The meaning of many English words equals the sum of

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When Giving Is Smart, and When It Isn’t

When Giving Is Smart, and When It Isn’t

Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE¦s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as Real

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Get the ‘T’ Out!

One thing I’ve wondered about is what the “T” is doing in LGBT. “Lesbian”, “Gay” and “Bisexual” refer to sexual orientation, who you prefer to sleep with. “Transgender” has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Further, someone who is transgender can be gay, lesbian or bisexual. “So what?” you

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… rancid (adjective): 1 : having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition 2 : distinctly unpleasant or distasteful : offensive Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Rancid and putrid and fetid. While all three words are used to describe unpleasant smells and tastes, each also traces

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Elon Musk: How Being Autistic May Make Him Think Differently

Elon Musk: How Being Autistic May Make Him Think Differently

Punit Shah Luca Hargitai University of Bath Lucy Anne Livingston King’s College London Punit Shah is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Bath. Luca Hargitai is a PhD researcher at the University of Bath exploring the concept and measurement of ADHD and its links with mental

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… broadside (noun, adjective, adverb, verb): noun 1a(1) : a sizable sheet of paper printed on one side (2) : a sheet printed on one or both sides and folded b : something (such as a ballad) printed on a broadside 2 archaic : the side of a ship

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… titivate (verb): : to make smart or spruce Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Titivate, spruce, smarten, and spiff all mean “to make a person or thing neater or more attractive.” Titivate often refers to making small additions or alterations in attire (“titivate the costume with sequins and

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