Kill Your Car?
The tagline on the noon news was enough all by itself: “California to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.” This is another one of those ideas that sounds so good, and yet...
Category: Energy
Turn Around, Don’t Drown
Oh my! The images and videos of the August 2022 flooding in Death Valley, California, are certainly impressive. Only 1.46 inches of rainfall were recorded at the Furnace Creek Visitor’s Center, but that was...
Lithium and Green Energy
I saw an article this morning about a lithium prospect in the Alvord desert of southeastern Oregon. The company that was exploring for the metal — used in batteries for electric vehicles, consumer electronics,...
Cut Banks and Point Bars
It’s funny: water is nearly incapable of going in a straight line when it’s moving across the land. Think about it. Any little thing — or nothing — will divert the flow. I once...
Kinetic Energy
Susie and I were married in our teens, and by the beginning of our third year at the university we were broke — flat busted and living on ramen and bean burritos (love can...
