I often wonder how America will be celebrating the Semiquincentennial in five years — July 4, 2026. Will it be a big celebration like 1976 or just a footnote in history? America will have have been a country for a quarter of millennium, which both is very long time and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. 🇺🇸
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I’ve said it before, but I think many of proposed climate change actions threaten democracy 🌎
I’ve said it before, but I think many of proposed climate change actions threaten democracy and the environment. 🌎
Climate change is a serious crisis. We’ve waited too long to take action, and as result to make the changes recommended by scientists, it’s going to threaten both democracy and environment. The truth is an expedited action means cutting corners, emboldening bureaucrats, fostering corruption and damaging the environment through poorly reviewed and thought out projects.
That said, is it worthwhile to take climate action? Of course, we should. But we should be cautious, take reasonable steps after thoughtful review. Science has to be based on reality, not a projection of world we want to live on. We should take steps to reduce climate change emissions that are protective of environment and not harmful. It’s better to be slow and cautious, and if we don’t meet emissions targets, we don’t meet them. It’s better to save democracy and our environment, then meet a set emissions target.
Starting to green up in the city
So, How Much Poop is That? — A Farm Wife
Spring is coming, so they say. In the meantime we have manure to haul and a whole lot of it.
One of our Slurrystores holds 2.3 million gallons of manure. The girls have been busy all winter filling it.
It’s hard for me to understand what 2.3 million is.
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Recycling works, but it's not magic. As America continues to lead the world in per capita waste production, it's becoming more and more clear that everybody –- manufacturers and consumers — "over-believes" in recycling.
This is a story about responsibility, and what happens when everyone keeps trying to pass it off to the next person. And what happens, when finally, there is no next person.
787 is sticking around for a long time, but if you want to change it the time to start is now | All Over Albany
This corridor study looked at the strip along I-787 from the Port of Albany north to the interchange with Route 7, and from the Hudson River on the east to Route 32 (Broadway) on the west. That's a stretch of roughly 9.4 miles of highway. And that corridor...
Crosses the city of Albany, the town of Colonie, the village of Menands, the city of Watervliet, and the town/village of Green Island.
Carries as many as 88,000 vehicles per day in some spots. The segment from the Dunn Memorial Bridge to Route 7 is the third-busiest interstate segment in the entire Capital Region.
Includes 56 bridges, of various designs and states of repair.
Has a key freight rail line that runs through the middle of it in downtown Albany, with a perpetual easement for the rail to operate within the right of way. The rail line averages eight rains per day.
A large portion of the corridor is in the 100-year flood plain.
In other words, this corridor gets a ton of use and it represents multiple layers of infrastructure.