Monthly Archives: June 2009

People, Fish, & Farming

Posted on June 30, 2009 by

In this editorial by the Sacramento Bee, the apparent discounting that farm raised animals—including hatchery raised fish—can sustain a species for the future is discounting something that has been well established in the history of husbandry, and is a technology … Continue reading →

Posted in Hatcheries

Oil & the World

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

This is a good article from New Geography about the changing world’s appetitive for the fuel that runs its automobiles, with a nod to the soon to be built major interstate highway system in India that will probably do for … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Transportation

Bike Sharing Programs

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

This idea, like its cousin car sharing, that seems at first glance to be a really good transportation innovation, doesn’t look so good—though the promise is there—as the details emerge in this article from Fast Company. An excerpt. “On the … Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation

Global Warming Consensus Shrinking?

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

In what appears to be a belated reaction to the recent scientific reality of non-warming global temperatures that have been rebutting the fervor of the human-caused global warming debate, the world community of public leadership stakeholders in the outcome of … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmentalism, Politics

Public Safety

Posted on June 26, 2009 by

We could not agree more with this opinion piece in the Sacramento Bee that public safety funding should be the first public good protected and the last public good reduced, when funding decisions are being made. As a former resident … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Public Safety

Suburbs Growing

Posted on June 25, 2009 by

A new report from the Census Bureau, from a story at New Geography, confirms what anyone who is paying attention already knows; the best way of life—particularly for families— in America in the 21st Century is in the suburbs, and … Continue reading →

Posted in demographics

The Microgrid

Posted on June 24, 2009 by

A great article from Fast Company about getting your house off the power grid and on your own microgrid, by generating your own power and still being able to enjoy all of the technology we take for granted in 21st … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Environmentalism

Dams are the Solution

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

The current global crisis in fresh potable water (and enough cold water in the American and Sacramento Rivers to help the salmon whose plight is noted in yesterday’s post) is more a crisis of storage than of a lack of … Continue reading →

Posted in Shasta Auburn Dam, Water

Salmon Runs in the American

Posted on June 22, 2009 by

Human technology has been able to sustain animal species throughout history through managed farming, and the fish hatchery system is well capable of providing the ongoing sustainability of salmon, as noted in a previous post. Expending additional money on waterways … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmentalism, Hatcheries

Bulldozing Decaying Cities?

Posted on June 21, 2009 by

This against-the-grain idea has some merit, and is built on the assumption that the urban decay that has struck mostly Midwest and Northeastern cities formerly driven by a manufacturing base that has largely moved to other countries. An article from … Continue reading →

Posted in demographics, Economy