Notices by Tony Novak (onlineadviser@c.im)

The single most significant thing each of us can do for the environment is to reduce waste. Pretty much what we were taught as kids.

I recall sitting next to a man at the breakfast counter in the Millville Queen Diner in December 2022. He was excited that soon the new Congress was taking over and he saw on Fox how within a matter of just a few weeks our food, energy and housing problems would be fixed. This same false belief is building now; a belief that electing different politicians makes a meaningful positive difference in our economic lives. 50+ years of economic data and virtually every credible economist indicates this is false. All I could do then was nod silently. I should continue that same reaction now. There is no point to attempting to address the misinformation.

@thomasfuchs Interesting. I don’t see that but will now look out for it. In my rural community I’m more likely to get blowback from ‘city education’ as the reason I ‘ain’t got no common sense’. They are strongly opposed to philosophical approaches to real life issues.

@thomasfuchs Good inspiration! I hope to reconstruct my system this winter that has been idle and dismantled for lack of space in recent years.

@mike I read the article also this morning and being newer here, I don’t grasp all of it. At the most basic level, I am concerned about the platform’s lack of progress in recruiting more users, despite what we see as the advantages.

@Brendanjones Yet this statement still seems so mild, so abstract, so far away. I use more relatable comments like “Based on climate research by Rutgers University, the State of New Jersey predicts that your entire town will be under water before the mortgage on the house you just bought is paid off”.