Here we are again. Back in the middle of the middle of the middle. We need new people who have relevant ideas for giving us back our future, but instead? We’re looking for ways to “make things like they used… Read More ›
Ecology
ALL THINGS ELECTRIC ARE GREEN?
Some people can afford an electric car. We can’t. That’s my starting point and probably my conclusion, too. For us, it’s a non-choice. Even if they made the cars cheap enough to buy, I’m not sure I’d buy one and… Read More ›
THIS WATER BELONGS TO YOU AND ME: LIVING WITH GROUNDWATER
Today I saw that the toilets are not filling properly. I thought (I hoped) it was just my toilet, but it’s also Garry’s. We really need rain and soon. Two months with no rain is a very long time in… Read More ›
SLAVERY TO INDUSTRY: BORN ON THE BLACKSTONE
A Flashback Friday Post from July 29, 2020 You could say the Blackstone Valley was Alexander Hamilton’s dream come true. He wanted the U.S. to grow into an industrial and international powerhouse. This was the subject on which he and… Read More ›
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS
These are not birds everyone gets to see in their backyard. In fact they don’t live everywhere and they can be quite scarce. We got lucky. They nest here. I’m sure it has something to do with the food. Our… Read More ›
WHAT’S A WATERSHED?
It’s a good question because unless you live in or near one, the expression doesn’t mean much except “Hey, there’s a lot of water around here!” Obviously that’s true, but there’s a bit more to it than that. As you… Read More ›
EVIL SQUIRREL WITH WALT KELLY – AFTER EARTH DAY 2022
It was Earth Day yesterday. I remember the very first Earth Day, how proud we were that we had “done something.” Well, we didn’t really do much. Walt Kelly said: The enemy hasn’t changed. It’s still us and until we… Read More ›
HOW THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY ENDS by SEAN MUNGER
Nationalization, expropriation and revolutionary violence will sweep away any semblance of an “orderly” transition to renewable energy. The global warming/climate change crisis is destroying our planet and our civilization. The fix is simple to understand: the fossil fuel industry must… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 12 – MORE BIRDS
Encouraged by your encouragement, I did a few more birds including a pair of Cardinals. They aren’t as fat this year, probably because they have to compete with a giant flock of starving Grackles. I don’t know if the Grackles… Read More ›
ECOLOGY, HUMAN GREED, AND UPCOMING CATASTROPHES
I read an article today that argues that coal-burning generators are not doing all that much damage to the climate. This is the kind of argument that makes me gag. I’ll get back to this later. There is no serious… Read More ›
EXTINCTIONS AND VANISHING WATERS
There’s a very good chance that the Chinook salmon is going to die for good this year. From the L.A. Times — Paul Thornton, <paul.thornton@email.latimes.com> –comes this heartbreaking bit of news: “A case in point is what The Times Editorial… Read More ›
WELCOME TO HOLA!
WELCOME TO THE HOMINID OVERVIEW OF LOST ARTS MUSEUM AND GALLERY The horrors of the late 21st century were — as we all know — at the root of the collapse of hominids as Earth’s dominant species. It is a… Read More ›
LIKE SAND THROUGH AN HOUR-GLASS
Once upon a time, my generation was the largest generation the world had ever seen. The post-war baby boomers were a huge population bump and that is probably how we managed to get some stuff done. Or, more accurately, we… Read More ›
A PEOPLIZED WORLD
Once upon a time — not all that long ago — most of North American was “open” space. There was room for predators. Room for herds of antelope, bison, deer and elk. Wild goats lived in the mountains with mountain… Read More ›
#FPQ 101 – THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING. WHAT NOW?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #101 In the U.S., step one might be creating recycling plants that actually reuse the materials we recycle. As it stands now, most of the material we recycle utlimately gets trashed because we don’t have the plants to… Read More ›
IF WE DON’T FIX THE CLIMATE, THE REST OF OUR ISSUES WON’T MATTER
Fandango’s Provocative Question #99 Fandango wants to know what the three biggest issues facing us are. We are in a pretty big mess on many levels. Our government is emerging from four-years of beyond-incompetent failure of leadership. Racism has not merely… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 