Thanks to fellow photographer Jim M Goldstein for pointing me to a short article pointing out how worthless the Administration proposal to drill, drill, drill really is: By 2025 this might lower the median price of gasoline by… wait for it!… two cents. (And let’s see… by 2025 gasoline should sell for about $25/gallon or [...]
Passing on a note I saw at SF Gate:
Outdoors notes: High-country campgrounds are open. The high-country season in the Sierra Nevada officially started this weekend with Yosemite National Park opening its camps along Tioga Pass Road. Tuolumne Meadows, White Wolf, Crane Flat and Yosemite Creek campgrounds opened Friday, and Tamarack Flat will…
[SFGate: Tom Stienstra]
As [...]
The Black Diamond Zenix IQ Headlamp must be overstocked or discontinued, because I see it at least once per week over at steepandcheap.com for a price in the low $20 range.
I have this headlamp and I’ve been quite impressed with it. I’ve used it on a number pack trips, for night photography jaunts, and for [...]
A couple interesting articles and more of the pesky reality-based evidence stuff:
Dot Earth: Federal Report Links Warming to Climate Extremes. A new federal report sees more harmful climate extremes accompanying a warming climate. [NYT > Science]
Dot Earth: Seas Rising Faster Than Realized. A new study indicates that heat held in by a building greenhouse blanket [...]
Seems to be environmental politics week at this blog. Ah, well. A few more thoughts regarding the sudden interest by Republicans in drilling our way out of this energy mess.
I heard a wonderful comment on the radio yesterday, right after hearing the President blame Democrats for not being responsive to his sudden call to open [...]
From a New York Time article (’Bush to Seek an End to Ban on Oil Drilling’):
President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress on Wednesday to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling…
The party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, used a speech in Houston on Tuesday to say he [...]
From SFGate:
McCain calls for more offshore oil drilling. Republican Sen. John McCain said Monday he supports lifting the federal moratorium on offshore drilling - a position that sets him at odds with most California officials, including his ally Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who see the ban as the best way to…
- By zcoile@sfchronicle.com (Zachary Coile). [SFGate: [...]
SFGate’s Tom Stienstra posted a brief run down of Sierra Nevada conditions. Not a lot of detail, but a few interesting facts and observations including:
Crane Flat campground in Yosemite will open very soon and Tioga Road campgrounds will likely open later in June.
Although we had a drier than usual spring, he reports that cooler than [...]
‘pologies for that… And for that.
Groan. ;-)
The postings here will continue to be sparse through the month of June. A lot of “personal stuff” going on - all good personal stuff - that will continue to dominate my attention for a few more weeks.
Black Balloons
Australian ads that help one visualize the sources of invisible C02 emissions…