Archive for the 'Environment' Category

“Know What We Need?”

I have been on this planet a long time and I have been hearing that phrase ever since I was a kid.
I hear it sometimes many times a day, from everyone who thinks about running for Town Council up to and including the President of the United States.
“We need clean and affordable energy.”
Let me tell [...]

Carbon Dioxide

Two years ago we lost our dog of 13 years. We have always had a dog but after the last I felt that I did not want to buy another puppy.
A puppy takes a lot of care. You must feed it, make sure it has water, take it for walks, play with it, teach it [...]

HURRICANES and SUCH

HURRICANES AND SUCH
 
I started this BLOG in November 2007 and it has been my intention to terminate it after two years. It’s not because I am bored with it or that I do not have sufficient material to continue it.
Life is full of choices and there are many priorities that clamor for attention:
E-mails [...]

IGNORANCE

 
 
   I receive many e-mails asking why I don’t post articles to this log more often.
The reason is that like most people I find that the trivia that one encounters in everyday living consumes time that could be better spent in creative pursuits
 
   I write when I encounter either ignorance or stupidity so [...]

Penguins

    We know with certainty that the Earth’s atmosphere has gone through significant changes in temperature and composition over the millennia.
   We also know with certainty that land which was deep under the oceans is now the tops of some of the highest mountains.
   The planet and life on the planet are in constant flux. [...]