Machu Picchu is an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River valley. Built in the 15th century and later abandoned, it’s renowned for its sophisticated dry-stone walls that fuse huge blocks without the use of mortar, intriguing...
Month: January 2019
Fort Union National Monument
Exposed to the wind, within a sweeping valley of short grass prairie, amid the swales of the Santa Fe Trail, lie the territorial-style adobe remnants of the largest 19th century military fort in the region. For forty years, 1851-1891, Fort Union functioned as an agent...
Ice Age Cycles and Climate Change
This video describes the characteristics of ice ages during the last billion years. We discuss why ice ages happened and how and why climate varies in short-term climate cycles during ice ages. We introduce the term "albedo" and use it to consider how the glacial...
Global Drift and Climate Change
For those of you with a myopic view of climate change. Wrap you pea brains around this 🙂
Cost Reality of Going 100% Renewable Energy
Paying the Price for Renewables (Georgetown, TX power surplus generates cost deficits) Lisa Linowes - September 20, 2018 General Texas There’s no question, Georgetown is paying dearly for its surplus energy. With annual demand growing at roughly 3% per year, it could...
New Poll: Medicare for All Is Popular Until You Explain How It Works
Support drops when you tell people it would require higher taxes, longer lines, and switching insurance plans. A new poll shows that a clear majority of Americans support Medicare for All—until they are told what it is and how it would work. The survey was conducted...
Anti-Gun Researchers Undermine the Anti-Gun Narrative
What will it take for nitwit socialists to realize criminals and the mentally ill don't obey laws? 99.9% of Americans are normal law abiding people and are not mass murderers! We have good news from a joint effort between the Violence Prevention Research Program at...
San Carlos September 2007
Paulette and I took Dutch to San Carlos and rented a house on the Caracol cliffs overlooking San Carlos. As luck would have it a low wind, 80 mph more or less, hurricane visited us, making the trip even more exciting! Found the below video on YouTube recently and was...
Fly Fishing Cow Creek
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/35.6663079,-105.6398773/80+Condesa+Road,+Santa+Fe,+NM/@35.5942311,-105.9055816,51035m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x8718f88b5227b4c3:0xa5f1e5712afc0fae!2m2!1d-105.9177356!2d35.5222659 Canon De Tijeras Gene the barber told me...
Earth Orbit
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