Solar and wind firms call the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme | Reuters

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Solar and wind firms call the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme | Reuters

"Representatives of America’s clean energy companies are withholding their support for the climate-fighting plan, calling it unrealistic and too politically divisive for an industry keen to grow in both red and blue states."

"The cool reaction reflects the difficulty that progressive politicians vying for the White House may have in selling aggressive global-warming policy to the business community and more moderate voters. "

March 23, 2019 Morning

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Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Five weeks to Arbor Day 🌳. Partly cloudy and 27 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Breezy, ️22 mph breeze from the west-northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 36 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 13. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. 🌡️

That wind was really whipping around last night and it was pretty damn cold with some rain and snow showers. 🍃 I probably should have turned the heat back up. Needless to say, I decided to stay home, ride the excerise bike 🚲 while catching up on the latest YouTube videos I’ve downloaded 🎬and then work on some various internal bugs in my blog that I’ve long wanted to fix. I figure now is the time to do it before it warms up again and I’m spending my evenings in the wilderness. 🌃

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 38 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around February 28th. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 1938. 2.7 inches of snow fell back in 2005.❄ We typically don’t get much snow this time of year but there are a few exceptions in the historical record. Still a lot of snow up north.

Today I’m thinking about going to the grocery store, or maybe Walmart as I could use a bunch of supplies 👜and then to JC Penny and the Maul to look for dress shirts. After that I’ll head over to the Pine Bush 🌲to do some hiking until after dark. Supposedly it will clear out later on this afternoon.

The sun will set at 7:11 pm with dusk around 7:39 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 34 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 23. ☃️ Breezy, 17 mph breeze ⛅ from the west-northwest with gusts up to 29mph. Today will have 12 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 25 degrees at 1am. Four degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 15th. West wind 6 to 15 mph. In 2018, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 29 degrees. The record low of 0 occurred back in 1875.

Tomorrow will have increasing clouds ☁, with a high of 53 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 3rd. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 1976. 5.5 inches of snow fell back in 1956.❄

I think tomorrow if I make plans, I’ll have to think about doing them early before it clouds up. ☁ At least it’s expected to be relatively mild for a change but not particularly nice come the afternoon. As I mentioned yesterday, I do want to spend some time unpacking and inventorying my camping gear.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:51 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, and it was cold with temperatures between 50 and 36 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.

In four weeks on April 20 the sun will be setting at 7:43 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 56 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had cold, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 47 and 31 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 61 and 39 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 1941.

Looking ahead, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 5 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 6 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 8 weeks, June 🍹 is in 10 weeks, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 13 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 16 weeks, Ugly Truck Day 🚚 is in 17 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 22 weeks and Average High 70 🎑 is in 26 weeks.

Leafless Tree

Better Prepared then Many.

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I think I am better prepared then many urban livers to eventually move to a rural town and live off-grid. I am no expert at the woods or the building trades, but I do camp a lot, grew up in rural area, and aren’t afraid of the wilderness.

I camp nearly year around, when there is snow, when it is hot and when it is cold. I have spent many a night in the woods, and while I’m not a big backpacker, I am certainly not afraid to spend time in the wilderness in remote country. I know how to manage my waste, be it poop or garbage, provide for myself, use portable equipment, heat with wood and work small-scale solar.

I have never had Internet or television at home, the number of electronics I have is relatively limited and most are quite energy efficient. I prefer getting my news off the radio, and limiting my internet access to using a smartphone or visiting the library.

I like working with electricity and small-basic electronics, soldering together various components. I understand ohm’s law, the meaning of energy and how much is used by my own uses. I have dabbled around with solar, adding solar power for camp, and have a realistic expectation on what a panel can produce. Solar is not unlimited, unlike grid power. I get it.

To be sure I do wish I had more of an expertise in the construction industry and doing more with my hands. I wish I knew more about codes and zoning, I was a better hunter and outdoorsman. But I can buy a pre-built structure, make improvements on it, piece by piece. And by no means am I cit-idiot.