Monthly Archives: May 2008
Forest Key to Understanding Technological “Age of Enlightenment: The Sequel”
Walking through a silent, snow-laden forest, it’s ironic to think about how far the human race has advanced technologically just in my lifetime. I’ve spent the last week in southwestern Utah shooting high-definition video on my new Panasonic HPX500 camera. … Continue reading
Happyton Post: Memorial Day is About America; Visit a National Park
Here in Utah, we have an obscene overabundance of national parks, monuments, forests and other spectacular recreation areas. I’m celebrating Memorial Day by visiting Cedar Breaks National Monument in southwestern Utah. OK, it’s 22 degrees, windy and snowing but we’re … Continue reading
Breaking Irony in “Generica”: High Gas Prices Seize the Wheel of Suburban Life
Some Americans knew this day would come but most did not or didn’t want to believe it. The ones who did not believe are mostly those who live in suburbs, exurbs, commute hundreds of miles per week, often hours per day … Continue reading
Wildlife Refuges a Natural and National Disaster
A new report shows how wildlife refuges are in just about as bad a shape as our national parks and other preserves due to lack of money and lack of accountability. It’s no accident that this has happened. More federal money … Continue reading
Oil Price Jump: Start Renewable Energy Development Now or Starve Later
The oil/gasoline crisis is not ever going away and is getting worse rapidly as the price soars to new heights literally daily. Please read the following posts to try and find the logic behind our elected and corporate leaders’ positions on … Continue reading
Breaking Irony: Utah’s Mike Noel Wastes Taxpayer Time and Money Advancing Personal Interests
Utah Republican representative and grandstanding blowhard Mike Noel seems to represent a constituency of one: himself. If it’s not defending breaking the law by allowing ATVs and ORVs to drive through protected public lands, it’s trying to shove nuclear power … Continue reading
Congressional Hearings Show Arrogance of Big Oil; Impotence of Politicians
We’ve seen it before and we’ll see it again. Big Oil’s leaders sitting before a mirror image of old white guys telling everyone that their record profits are essential to keep America strong. What they really mean is they could … Continue reading
Only Three Years Worth of Oil Left on Public Lands; Need for Renewable Development Even More Urgent
While Utah’s news media were obsessed our state’s runner-up in the American karaoke championship, a new report- one done by our fossil fuel obsessed administration- revealed that there’s only a three-year supply of oil recoverable from federally-owned properties like national parks, … Continue reading
Giant Solar Islands Floating in the Sea: Let’s Do It!
This is the idea of the week from Wired Magazine’s article about a Swiss researcher who wants to build huge, floating islands in the oceans and covering them with solar energy recepticles. That may also answer the question of what to … Continue reading
Intelligent Doesn’t Always Equal Right; Science, Religion at the Crux of Environmental Morality
Just as wealth and fame do not always make a person moral or smart, intelligence doesn’t necessarily make a person right or even superior. Whenever, I sit down at the computer and try to put together a song, a graphic or … Continue reading
