All I can say is wow. He really has turned his bear-bones cabin in Oklahoma into something pretty impressive without being a complete greeny-crazy. I wish I lived his life. Maybe some day, not too far in the future, I will leave my run-down apartment for a real place in the woods.
See more on his Facebook Page and Youtube Page.
He certainly now has all of the toys in his off-the-grid cabin. I am just so jealous of how he lives. I've been watching his Youtube videos for quite a while now.
Recently, Pennsylvania started to allow the speed limit to be increased to 70 MPH on certain expressways with the passage of a new law. That leaves only a handful of states with a maximum speed limit of 65 MPH, mostly smaller New England States, along with Wisconsin. There is an active debate in that state to raise their limit. Oregon and Pennsylvania have no roads yet posted for 70 MPH, but both states have laws specifically allowing for speed limits to be posted up to 70 MPH.
Almost all of the western states have a maximum speed limit of 75 MPH or even 80 MPH in some cases. They tend to be spread out with wide lanes, few curves, and long viability. There is a strong case of having a faster speed limit out there, especially in light of newer cars having low gear ratios in top speeds, so they don’t burn quite as much fuel at those higher speeds.
There would likely be considerable controversy from the insurance lobby in New York, who pay more in high-speed loss claims. Truckers might also be oppose, as they would burn more fuel at higher speeds. The downstate dominated legislature (almost 70% of New Yorkers live in NYC Metropolitan counties), might not care much about speed limits on Upstate expressways.
But it’s unclear how long the opposition can hold out against higher speed limits, when every other state is adopting them. Most people already drive 70 MPH, and this law would only make enforcement fairer.
The only large state in the Continental United States without a 70 MPH speed limit on Expressways is now New York and Wisconsin. Wisconsin is expected to raise it's limit.
Today is Tuesday, which came quicker then most Tuesdays, at least for me, because it was a state holiday yesterday, aka Presidents Day. All weekend I’ve had a cold, although now I feel like I am at least 90% back. A cold without a sinus infection for me is not a big deal.
Today, they are talking about 2-4 inches of snow on top of the snow already on the ground. With the easy and fast express bus, I don’t really care that much one way or another. There might be traffic tie-up and be quite delays come the evening, but I don’t see the world coming to an end over this snow storm. By the end of the week, it’s supposed to warm up and be quite rainy. But it will get rid of a lot of the snow, as the city sewage treatment plants overflow into the Hudson River.
Winter will continue to drag on, although we are down to 30 days until the first day of calender Spring. Four years, I lean-to camped on the first day of Spring, but realistically it will probably be until the the beginning of April before I go camping. My first major trip won’t be until mid-April, but I hope to get out at least one night before then.
Snow on tap today, before it's starts to warm up by the end of the week.