Update about blog

August 8th sunset over Hogback Ridge and Heron Peak. Durango CO with air quality warnings of "ozone" or possibly smoke from wildfires. I kept the windows closed.
Showing posts with label President Jimmy Carter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President Jimmy Carter. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Plastic alternative and solar power and more...

 A new product which is biodegradable, and can use the same machines that already create plastic flatware...it's vegetable based!

Plantswitch



As seen on PBS Sci-NC


And how about a blast from the past:

Carly Simon and John Hall in 1979 fighting for No Nukes...but singing of The Power of the Sun.


They may have been singing about solar power, but the demonstration was against Nukes. 


President Jimmy  Carter was responsible for installing solar panels on the White House that heated water for his family’s quarters and the cafeteria. In 1979 he said, “Nobody can embargo sunlight. No cartel controls the sun. Its energy will not run out. It will not pollute the air; it will not poison our waters.”

Ronald Reagan did not have Carter’s visionary view; he took down the solar panels.

The alternative energy efforts of the 70s were shadowed by big oil being supported by Reagan.

I've always wondered what happened to this: somehow the Republicans managed to get us to ignore and carry on when Reagan paid (in what currency I wonder) the Iranians to not release the hostages until the day of his inauguration...which is known as why he won that election right under President Carter's working on the hostage release in other methods.


Why did we stop caring about that? Why do we not call Republican thugs to justice?

Yesterday President Trump said he's going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Watch out as to all the sovereign nations also in his "renaming" spread of powers.

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Today's quote:

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

 -Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor (1881-1973)


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Today's art:



On Open Yesterday's Pages blog today:




Sunday, December 29, 2024

Cherry Street fun

 Shopping day! I admit this was before Christmas. Cold outside and windy. But the sun was shining. And I was in good enough health to go out walking up and down Cherry Street in Black Mountain. The shops are mostly open again, and I wanted to do my holiday shopping to keep money going to support them.


The town's beautification committee must have helped with all the decorations along the street. Here the public restrooms even have swags along the railing.


These trees along the street had lights in them, getting ready for the evening shopping and town holly jolly on Fri. Dec.6.






The Chamber of Commerce came up with the slogan, The Town that Rocks a few years ago. Local artists paint the backs of these rockers, which are also for sale. Many weary shoppers also avail themselves of a place to rest. 




Today's art:
I love that a local artist painted these murals outside the public restrooms on Cherry Street


Today's quote:



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Today's quote:

Everything and everybody that enters your home creates energy and leaves a footprint.








On Yesterday's Pages:
and today's news,
President Jimmy Carter has died at 100, what did he say on the Voyager 1 plaque?