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In EcoNet News, Volume 26, Issue #2, Ted highlights the surge in utility-scale solar across the US. He also shares California's progress towards its 100% clean energy target, with the State’s utilities on track with the 2025 goal. Ted goes on to highlight BMW's hydrogen pilot fleet, Taos's electric snow cat, the Super Bowl's environmental milestone - powered entirely by renewable energy, floating offshore wind updates and the Jones Act, and all-electric seagliders.

In today's addition of "Two Intellectual Idiots Fostering Political and Cultural Literacy" Dan, Corey, and Bel "The Bodysnatcher " take YOU, the disenfranchised or politically homeless sane person into: 

1) Corey's trip to Portland! A city that has been dubbed as sort of a Liberal dystopia by so many Conservative and Libertarian pundits and thinkers. In his short stint there, Corey has a different take on the City of Roses. 

2) The viral sensation that is Oliver Anthony and his hit single, "Rich Men North of Richmond". With Right Wing pundits and influencers quickly jumping to claim Oliver as one of their own, the Limousine - Liberal left have responded in kind... by letting them have him. What actually is the public pulse on this new, influential song? What is it really about? And what do the blowhards on the Left and Right both get wrong? 

3) The tragic fires on Maui. What went wrong. The conspiracy theories. And how what happens next may prove the conspiracy theorists partially right: as is the norm. 

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In a prior episode, Gabriela Rodriguez of American Compass argued that the Jones Act, a law aimed at supporting the U.S. ship building should be reformed—not repealed. On The Dynamist’s first ever “rebuttal episode,” Evan is joined by Colin Grabow, a research fellow at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. They discuss why Grabow supports a full repeal of the Jones Act, his response to Rodriguez’s proposed reforms, and what a post-Jones Act world might look like. 

Cato blog, “More Industrial Policy Won’t Solve the Jones Act’s Many Problems”

Op-ed in The Atlantic, “The Obscure Maritime Law That Ruins Your Commute”

Most people don’t think about global shipping and supply chains until a crisis spotlights these issues—from the hurricanes in Puerto Rico to the COVID-19 pandemic. But while the debate over cargo transport doesn’t often reach the kitchen table, it’s been going on for years in policy circles in Washington, with powerful interests involved on all sides of the debate. It traces back to the 1920 Jones Act, passed in the wake of World War I after German submarines had decimated American commercial ships. While the law was intended to bolster U.S. shipbuilding, has the law failed to achieve its goal? Critics argue it makes shipping more complicated and expensive, raising prices for consumers. Proponents respond that it's essential for national security and preserving domestic shipbuilding capacity. Should the law be repealed, left alone, or reformed? Gabriela Rodriguez, Policy Advisor at American Compass, joins the show to discuss. Follow Gabriela on Twitter here.

References: 

Gabriela’s piece, “The Ghosts of Navies Past: Rebooting the Jones Act for the 21st century”

In this episode, Brent and Lindsay discuss the devastation in Southwest Florida caused by Hurricane Ian and  Southern Baptist’s disaster relief mobilization. They also talk about the need in Puerto Rico,  the Jones Act waiver, and the Baptist cooperation that helped make that happen. 

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A reading of "The Time Has Come for a Transpartisan 'Repeal' Caucus," by Matt Welch, published at Reason  on July 26, 2022

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In this episode D.B. Cooper shares his thoughts on mortgages, Corona virus, and China. He gives us an in depth look at what it is like to attend the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and gives advice to anybody looking at attending a maritime college. What is it like working on a ship that is in the shipyard in China? D.B. Cooper explains. Also, growing up in Panama and moving around a lot in a military family. 

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As always, be safe out there and may you never run out of coffee.

The Collected Works of Dr. Sal Mercogliano:

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/august/be-modern-maritime-power
 

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/january/suppose-there-was-war-and-merchant-marine-didnt-come
 

https://seahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/SH169_Feature_Jones_Act.pdf
 

https://seahistory.org/we-built-her-to-bring-them-over-there-the-cruiser-and-transport-force-in-the-great-war/
 

https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol26/tnm_26_407-424.pdf
 

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/publication-508-pdf/NHHC4thArmDefense_final_508.pdf

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/05/14/op-ed-the-merchant-marine-americas-fourth-arm-of-defense/

https://gcaptain.com/turbo-activation-19-plus-a-sealift-surge-or-just-a-trickle/

https://gcaptain.com/why-the-united-states-needs-a-merchant-marine-a-historical-basis/

https://gcaptain.com/space-force-how-about-a-maritime-force/