Today started out super nice
Today started out super nice. Subsequently, it got more cloudy but we’ve had times of sun and it’s warm enough that I have the heat turned down, and I’m more then comfortable with a t-shirt on. I’ve been thinking about going to the library to work, but I think I’ll just stay home for now.
KunstlerCast 341
KunstlerCast 341
2/23/21
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Derrick Jensen is an author, teacher, activist, and small farmer. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, and Endgame. He was named “the Poet Philosopher of the Ecological Movement” by Democracy Now! and one of Utne Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” He is the co-author of the new book Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It. He lives in Northern California The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger.
Town of Colonie puts 1,000-acre Stony Creek Reservoir in Clifton Park on the market – Albany Business Review
The town of Colonie wants to sell nearly 1,000 acres of land with dense forest and a reservoir it no longer needs as a backup water supply.
The Stony Creek Reservoir is to the north, in the town of Clifton Park, about two miles west of Northway Exit 8.
The minimum price: $5.1 million.
Colonie is seeking proposals from interested buyers and won't consider breaking it up into smaller parcels. The request for proposals is available online.
The sale is intended to improve town finances.
The reservoir is off limits to the public and protected by state health department regulations. But, the state would support a request to rescind the regulations to help sell the property, according to the town's RFP.
USPS Awards Contract for New, Very Weird-Looking Delivery Truck
Unfortunately, the USPS has decided not to lead the way on the electric vehicle future as so many hoped just a few weeks ago. As I tried to warn you, it was always exceedingly unlikely the USPS would buy an electric-only fleet, and indeed that has come to pass.?
The new vehicle will have both an internal combustion engine and electric version, according to the press release, but did not say how many of each would be made. The electric versions "can be retrofitted to keep pace with advances in electric vehicle technologies," the press release added, although it's not clear what exactly this means. I initially read this as leaving open the possibility that gas versions could later be converted to electric, although that is a time-consuming, expensive, and laborious undertaking for one car, much less tens of thousands of them. It could also mean the EV versions can have batteries and drivetrains easily swapped, but as anyone who has, say, had an engine or transmission replaced in their gas car knows, that's not particularly novel. The USPS did not respond to a request for more information on these questions before publication.