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Sudden-onset environmentalism

Sudden-onset environmentalism

A Field Guide If you spend any time arguing for clean energy online, you will encounter this pattern repeatedly. Having a name for it — and a compact reference to point to — is more useful than relitigating the same selective concerns from scratch every time. This guide is intended for exactly

By mmalc Crawford 06 Jun 2026
Long tailpipes save children

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Long tailpipes save children

If it weren't so tragic, it'd be ironic. One of the main canards about EVs has been "it's just a longer tailpipe". It turns out the length of the tailpipe matters — the difference is measurable in children's lungs, brains, and

By mmalc Crawford 06 Jun 2026
3D rendering of an EV charging station with a children's play area and for walkway for adults, all covered with solar panels, with a covered with solar panels.

240 miles should be enough for anyone

The title is intended to some extent for rhetorical effect, but you also need to read it with the right intonation. For context, someone else (and unfortunately I don't know who to credit) observed: "EVs have an infrastructure problem, not a range problem". Infrastructure, range, and

By mmalc Crawford 04 Jun 2026
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Clean energy, renewables, solar, wind, agrivoltaics, EVs, technology, social impact Argued from evidence — an interest that goes back to Friends of the Earth in the '90s, not the last news cycle.

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