To A Beef-less Future

To A Beef-less Future

The U.S. cattle herd is shrinking as drought destroys grazing lands. It also takes more money to keep what animals there are alive. Not surprising, Americans are paying a lot more for beef and eating less of it. Also, to be expected, they are eating more of the alternatives like chicken and fish, much more environmentally friendly protein. Not that the steak or burger are about to disappear from the U.S. diet, but there are lots of nutritional, drought resistant foods that are better for your health and pocketbook. Tune to see what's best in vegetables, grains, fruits and nuts, to go along with your chicken and fish.  barry.rehfeld@gmail.com

The K-Shape Economy Scam

It has never been better for the rich. The stock market is near its high and upscale homes have never been worth more - or in such short supply to buy. The not so rich? They are struggling to get by as inflation hits them hard. But the real tragedy is the complicity of the way we run our world. There is credit card debt, mortgage debt, excise taxes and lottery rip-offs that helps stacks the deck against so many Americans without stock portfolios and second homes. Tune in to hear plenty about it.  barry.rehfeld@gmail.com

Our Homes' Huge Carbon Footprint

As slow as our utilities are moving away from fossil fuel, they are making progress. Solar and wind just passed coal and are solidly into the double digit. Would that our homes could say the same. We are going nowhere inside the house replacing furnaces with heat pumps, gas ranges with induction ovens and so much more. Making it worse, is that the more energy efficient equipment and appliances work better and can be more economical than the fossil fuel crud. Tune to hear what needs to be done at home to make life better for all of us. barry.rehfeld@gmail.com

Solar, Wind and Veggies

Fossil fuel rightly gets the blame for heating up the earth because of carbon emissions. Less discussed, though no less lethal is what it is doing to our water supply. Producing power and feeding methane-releasing machines, also known as cattle, take a lot of fresh water. Solar and wind don't take any. Veggies very little. If we don't make the switch to solar, wind and veggies or, at least, chicken, we are going to be one thirsty world all too soon, especially in places out west. Tune in the hear all about it.  barry.rehfeld@gmail.com

Countdown To Day Zero

We are running out of fresh water. Indeed, some places have already run out and it will only get worse. Large cities have had to impose increasingly tough restrictions on water use. Small towns are seeing their population shrink to virtually nothing. There is a term for when a community runs out of water. It's called Day Zero. Tune in to see where this is happening and how soon Day Zero will become a fact of life throughout the country barry.rehfeld@gmail.com