Recent content by Maynard Keenan

If they've committed a crime, charge them and try them

Transportation does account for a significantly larger amount of energy usage than lighting (which uses about 12% of residential and 25% of commercial electricity usage), but if any single sector can reduce its energy usage by 90%, it's going to make a huge impact. And we are making...

The link you posted lists efficiency in lumens per watt. I was listing percentage of electricity converted into visible light. Good LEDs convert about 20% of their electricity used into visible light while a classical incandescent light bulb converts around 2% of their electricity usage to light.

Do a bit more digging than that very brief article, and MIT has created a 6.6% efficient bulb that theoretically could get as high as 40%. Current bulbs are 5-20% efficient. The typical gasoline engine has a thermodynamic efficiency of around 20% and can be built up to around 40% efficient...

I'm not comparing the costs of a church to the cost of a private charity. 40% of "charitable" giving merely supports the operation of religious congregations. To say that more-religious conservatives are more generous than less-religious liberals because religious people donate to religious...

Ironically, conservatives have rehabilitated the term socialism. By calling anything and everything left of Ted Cruz "socialism," they've managed to dilute any negative connotations the word once had. If the center left policies of President Obama are now considered "socialism," then it's not...

An interesting look at a similar study from a couple of years ago: Link When money given to congregations is factored into the charitable giving, the deck is stacked in favor of the religious, and in favor of conservatives who are more likely to be religious than are liberals. 40% of charitable...

Every time those in power want to convince the people to support a war, the Hitler meme gets dragged out.

Why do you keep pretending like murder is the only kind of violent crime, or the only kind of crime police will be arresting people for? The vast, vast majority of police encounters aren't related to murders, so I don't understand why the relative murder rate of black vs white Americans has...

Spain actually has FIVE official languages. I was in Barcelona recently and most signage was in 3 languages. I don't see any practical difference in having no official language but one de facto national language, or having a primary official language while recognizing co-official languages in...

Britain's hate speech laws are ridiculous. But that does not mean this pastor is "brave," or praiseworthy. What he said should be legal. Many things that are legal are not wise or worthy of support.

When a criminal homicide occurs, it is expected that the perpetrator will be sought, arrested if found, and convicted if sufficient evidence exists. When a police officer kills someone, it is expected that he or she will be given the benefit of the doubt, that the police department will support...

Are you paying attention? Christianity and Judaism are also part of the curriculum. They are introduced and taught at an earlier age in this district (6th grade) while Islam is not taught until high school world history. Also, "no religion in schools" doesn't mean "no studying religions as a...