Category Archives: conservation
Gasoline Usage Decline Signals End of Fossil Fuel Dominance, Major Changes in How Americans Live and Work
We often pass by stories like this because they don’t have pictures or screaming headlines. But the amount of gasoline Americans use is declining- not just temporarily- but permanently. There was a time not long ago this was looked at … Continue reading
Oil Shale, Coal-to-Liquids Report: Significant Financial and Environmental Risks for Utah, West
Utah is at the top of the list of states affected by this new report on oil shale and coal-to-liquids (CTL) development. But the report is not saying anything those of us who care about Utah, the west, and the … Continue reading
Solar-Powered Tacos! Mexican Street Vendors Go Green- And I Don’t Mean Guacamole
What can a Swiss inventor teach Mexican taco peddlers about cooking? Check it out!
Solar Panel Carports: What’s So Ugly About Saving the Planet?
Stories have been done recently about new carports made of solar panels. This NYT contribution spends a fair amount of space on the argument in California about the esthetics of PVs versus their environmental logic. It’s somewhat ironic given California’s … Continue reading
Detroit’s Urban Farms: City of the Past- and the Future?
Everyone should visit Detroit at least once. I lived there for three years. It’s a grim reminder of what can happen if a community is divided by race, religion, poverty, and not economically diverse and sustainable. Acres of abandoned homes … Continue reading
Utah Farmer’s Ironic Battle Against His Freedom-Loving Neighbors
One of the more disturbing phenomena in American society today is the notion that continuing to do bad, destructive things is somehow better than doing good, nurturing things. Among them, politics (religion trouncing reason), energy (renewable energy buried by government … Continue reading
Charge Your Electric Car Wirelessly? Mindboggling Development Could Be Technological Springboard to Mass Adoption
One of the obstacles to mass implementation of electric cars, like the MIT City Car in the video, has been how to keep them charged. That problem may have been solved with the concept of wirelessly charging EVs as you’re … Continue reading
Animal Attack Video: Caiman Bites Wildlife Reporter; Can It Please, Please Get Jeff Corwin?
I obviously love taking video of wildlife. But some wildlife “TV personalities” go over the line. Like this BBC guy getting surprised by a caiman, an alligator type of creature. When Steve Irwin got killed a few years ago, he … Continue reading
Home Energy Loans Program in Salt Lake Begins; Get Solar Panels, Insulation, More
If you asked me four years ago when I moved to Utah whether there was a program to make your house more energy efficient, I would’ve laughed. Not only were Utah state and local leaders not interested in renewable energy, … Continue reading
Montana School Kids Meet Mountain Lion; The Never-Ending Thrill of Experiencing Wildlife in the Wild
(The children seemed) “more excited than scared.” Robert Mitchell, school bus company manager There are few things as thrilling as seeing a wild animal in its natural habitat. Growing up in the suburbs, I’d watched the animal shows on TV, … Continue reading
