I'm down with anyone calling out this administration on, well, just about any and every thing. But right now, we have Billy Nye and Geo Clooney.
Thumbs up to both.
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Showing posts with label Earth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earth. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
I Envy the Wind
I'm sure this will sound queer (shut up Morty and Jon! oh and David & David, for that matter), but I am really enthralled by wind turbines and even more so, at wind farms.
Not just for what they do, but how they look.
I saw these turbines on a recent work trip to Maryland, just last week. I came upon this sight near the Pennsylvania/Maryland border. It was quite a sight to see on the winding back roads in Appalachia.
It really is a beautiful part of the country - even when you drive through places called Elk Lick. That is Elk Lick, PA and Elk Lick, MD. ....and no, it's not like Kansas City, MO and KS - they are not next to each other.
Something about them just reads as 'majestic'. It sounds over the top, but that's the word I keep to which I keep coming back. Maybe it is the way they reach into the sky or how their arms rotate with the breeze. I'm not as taken by seeing only one of them, but when they are in numbers it is different. I don't know why.
It's not just what they do for the environment, but unlike some, I find them aesthetically pleasing. Granted, from the car, or a mile away, I cannot hear the wooshing sound their propellers make and I understand that can be disconcerting for whomever has to live close to them.
But guess what? It's also not a "drill-baby-drill" situation like we now have in the Gulf of Mexico. I really do not understand how ecology groups rationalize that by putting in the wind farms that they will destroy the land. I kind of figure you have to pick your battles over what the bigger impact - or worse, damage - will be to the Earth. All environmentalists are not created equal, I guess.
There have been talks to put these turbines out in Lake Erie, which have some folks screaming. I say, "do it". It helps with energy and to be honest, I think they'd look cool as hell sticking out of the water in the middle of nowhere. Fuck - they let snow-mobiles out on the lake in winter, so do not tell me about ruining the natural resources.
My images, to me, don't convey the beauty that these guys seem to have either. Taken by the side of the road, my camera and its limited settings can only do so much to capture what I saw with my nekkid eyes. As for the top picture, you are only seeing about half of what is up on the mountains. The entire range for what seems like miles are wind turbines.
The first time I think I saw something like it was near Palm Springs, driving in from Los Angeles in 1992. There seemed to be dozens, maybe hundreds of them. Hell, now even MD and PA are ahead of Ohio on conservation.
There's really no point to this post - mostly that I liked seeing the turbines and wind farms.
Song by: Lucinda Williams
Not just for what they do, but how they look.
I saw these turbines on a recent work trip to Maryland, just last week. I came upon this sight near the Pennsylvania/Maryland border. It was quite a sight to see on the winding back roads in Appalachia.It really is a beautiful part of the country - even when you drive through places called Elk Lick. That is Elk Lick, PA and Elk Lick, MD. ....and no, it's not like Kansas City, MO and KS - they are not next to each other.
Something about them just reads as 'majestic'. It sounds over the top, but that's the word I keep to which I keep coming back. Maybe it is the way they reach into the sky or how their arms rotate with the breeze. I'm not as taken by seeing only one of them, but when they are in numbers it is different. I don't know why.It's not just what they do for the environment, but unlike some, I find them aesthetically pleasing. Granted, from the car, or a mile away, I cannot hear the wooshing sound their propellers make and I understand that can be disconcerting for whomever has to live close to them.
But guess what? It's also not a "drill-baby-drill" situation like we now have in the Gulf of Mexico. I really do not understand how ecology groups rationalize that by putting in the wind farms that they will destroy the land. I kind of figure you have to pick your battles over what the bigger impact - or worse, damage - will be to the Earth. All environmentalists are not created equal, I guess.
There have been talks to put these turbines out in Lake Erie, which have some folks screaming. I say, "do it". It helps with energy and to be honest, I think they'd look cool as hell sticking out of the water in the middle of nowhere. Fuck - they let snow-mobiles out on the lake in winter, so do not tell me about ruining the natural resources.
My images, to me, don't convey the beauty that these guys seem to have either. Taken by the side of the road, my camera and its limited settings can only do so much to capture what I saw with my nekkid eyes. As for the top picture, you are only seeing about half of what is up on the mountains. The entire range for what seems like miles are wind turbines.
The first time I think I saw something like it was near Palm Springs, driving in from Los Angeles in 1992. There seemed to be dozens, maybe hundreds of them. Hell, now even MD and PA are ahead of Ohio on conservation.
There's really no point to this post - mostly that I liked seeing the turbines and wind farms.
Song by: Lucinda Williams
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Hello Earth
Because my carbon footprint isn't like a 14 triple D enough, I went and killed the planet just a little more yesterday. You can thank me later.
It was the first time in 2010 that I cut the lawn. I fired up the old Honda mower and went to town, cutting down about a half acre of grass - overgrown grass at that.
Oh, but while I was doing that, I also was running the snow blower, to attempt to drain it of any gas left in there, so I can store it for the next seven months. I was going for noise and air pollution at the same time. Never say I'm not efficient.
Sorry Mother Earth.
But it is Earth Day, so I eked by without violating the day, right? I can totally make a fresh start this year by doing good. I'm not sure what that is yet, but I'm sure I can find something. If I had a shower at work, I'd ride my bike more during the summer, but we don't - and as we all know by now, I sweat and stink while doing the littlest of exercise. No one is gonna wanna see/smell me for 10 hours.
Maybe I can check in with AltUse and see how to best utilize some common household stuff for other uses. It's kind of like an online Hints from Heloise. It's about time that bitch went cyber. I'm sure it can tell me how to use that calypso, right Becca?
Song by: Kate Bush
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