The latest devastating headline this week in my local paper is “Feds reject removal of 4 Lower Snake River dams”. From The Seattle Times: “Federal agencies found that taking out the dams would “provide a long-term benefit to species that spawn or...
With the 2020 election looming, I am seeing more people turning their attention to the candidates and promoting one candidate over another. I understand this urge; with voting being just about the only legal method left to us to change the system even just a tiny bit,...
One of my favorite web sites is the Low Technology Institute, which focuses on low tech solutions to housing, clothing, food, etc., with less or no fossil fuels. Back in March, they posted a description of their vision: A Low Tech New Deal (far far better than the...
Of all the ideas we take for granted in this modern world, perhaps the most insidious is that progress is good. For most of us, progress is equated with greater wealth, with a growth economy, with the ability for more people to buy more stuff. By that definition, the...
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