sagebrush salvation—
The real trick is to not get too picky.
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wind turbine service repairman
Wind turbine service technician is one of the more abundant energy transitions jobs. You’ll need to be capable of dealing with heights, you will need to be physically fit, but otherwise it is a job well within the range of most of our workforce. The future is bright in this field where the career path […]
Read More wind turbine service repairmanclimate comedy—
I had to begin by proving that there was a plausible path to writing a climate change comedy. Maybe if I could find the funny this type of script could attract the attention of the executive producers in the movie industry. Finding the funny is where it begins. Weather related events that steal the headlines […]
Read More climate comedy—Into the Palisades/Altadena Future
There have been red flag warnings in some part of Southern California for 14 of the last 17 days. The stretch started January 7, the day the Palisades and Eaton Fires started. The dangerous conditions continue to pose a threat to our nation’s second largest city. The topography of Los Angeles is complex. The two […]
Read More Into the Palisades/Altadena FutureAmerica’s natural disaster problem
Obstacles large and small block progress. Agreement is never simple or easy. Capitalism, corporations and legacy carbon-based industries are resisting.
Read More America’s natural disaster problemSaving Ourselves—
Scale the business— and there is no bigger business than home ownership. That is not true of course but there is a kernel of reality attached to the single best way for an ordinary homeowner to build wealth. Obstacles in the way include rising insurance premiums, higher mortgage rates, shortage of properties which feeds into […]
Read More Saving Ourselves—California Climate Migration
It’s on— millions of leafy-lane owning California homeowners are looking around their neighborhoods this morning and many do not like what they see. I am a climate-change-denying- it can’t happen here- Northern California homeowner. I was until Wednesday. The massive wildfires in Los Angeles can’t happen up here. We still get rain, our Diablo’s ( […]
Read More California Climate MigrationHollywood Hills Wildfire
Hollywood Hills fire threatens the Sunset Strip. Four friends have fled LA. Two went south to Ensenada, two to Palm Springs where I have arrived for the week. The friends here both grew up in LA, they know every inch of the place, every mood, every era, every nook and cranny. Robbie said he has […]
Read More Hollywood Hills WildfirePacific Palisades Conflagration
Wildfire has struck Los Angeles again. Squeezed between Malibu to the north and Santa Monica to the south is the Pacific Palisades. Years ago, I spent time in nearby Brentwood. My hosts had searched for some years and when this hillside home came on the market, they packed up their house in Belair for proximity […]
Read More Pacific Palisades ConflagrationI’m Still Here
First film of the Palm Springs Film Festival— I’m Still Here. Fernanda Torres received Best Actress Award at Golden Globes this week and her director Walter Salles both from Brazil were on stage after the screening to discuss. This an ambitious film dealing with Brazil’s dictatorship arresting and murdering Torres husband. Film set in 1971 […]
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