tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post1516562984006008484..comments2024-03-27T21:19:02.636-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: This week in birds - #343Dorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-86139124723929652112019-03-04T18:16:17.543-06:002019-03-04T18:16:17.543-06:00I'm afraid you may be right about the climate ...I'm afraid you may be right about the climate change deniers. I hadn't considered the "goose with two heads" - now I can't see it any other way! Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-53961954105973161722019-03-04T18:14:24.546-06:002019-03-04T18:14:24.546-06:00There are positives and negatives regarding almost...There are positives and negatives regarding almost any source of energy. It would be nice if we could honestly consider them, but that doesn't look likely, does it?Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-88953532028032648592019-03-04T17:31:20.468-06:002019-03-04T17:31:20.468-06:00Oh, plastic! So ubiquitous and necessary yet so pr...Oh, plastic! So ubiquitous and necessary yet so problematic! Great pics to illustrate the news this week. The two geese above look like one with two heads. :-) Those climate change deniers will accept the planet is changing when they leave the house one day and the sea level reaches their doorsteps. No other way.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-65416273897823295222019-03-04T11:29:49.596-06:002019-03-04T11:29:49.596-06:00Sorry to tell Mr. Hammer, but a solar farm wouldn&...Sorry to tell Mr. Hammer, but a solar farm wouldn't be destroying the "rural" character! Did you take a look at his property and where the farm would be? He made it sound like they'd be ruining a pastoral, verdant valley! <br />Yes, solar is usually ugly. But... but, a lot of things. Mostly, we need to think beyond what we currently use to get our electricity.<br />Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592568959570035100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-23776461783816562842019-03-03T13:06:39.298-06:002019-03-03T13:06:39.298-06:00Solar and wind power come with their own unique pr...Solar and wind power come with their own unique problems and those have to be acknowledged and planned for and many of the books that you and I read do have application to the stories that I report on here each week. Funny how that happens.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-8993769822262363402019-03-03T10:50:58.883-06:002019-03-03T10:50:58.883-06:00Thanks for the news. Regarding the solar power iss...Thanks for the news. Regarding the solar power issue, we in LA County don't think much of the San Bernardino mindset, though that does make me think of the days when oil wells ran rampant. Otherwise, I kept thinking of novels and books as I read your post: Rachel Carson on the Mariana Trench in The Sea Around Us, Nevada Barr's Endangered Species was set on another offshore island, Cumberland Island in Georgia, and Barbara Kingsolver did butterflies in Flight Behavior, coyotes in Prodigal Summer.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.com