Clean Energy

We Didn’t Have the Green Thing

Posted by on 24 July, 2011 at 2:58 pm

In the line at the store, a young cashier told an older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained, “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.” The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation [...]

Where’s your Climate Change?

Posted by on 27 February, 2010 at 10:36 am

The loud mouthed pundits and self proclaimed experts in denying everything but their own carved in stone opinions were out in full chorus since the big snowstorms. Somehow it occurred to them that snow or cold weather in winter equals more proof that climate change is a hoax. Clever is that they proclaim a desire [...]

Blues Clues

Posted by on 21 November, 2008 at 9:29 am

I want to stay for another week or more. There is so much more to see and do. One last official tour must be the Blue Lagoon / Bláa lónið. Truly an otherworldly place sitting in the middle of an expansive lava field. Seemingly the middle of nowhere. The area is a very active geothermal [...]

Hot Spot

Posted by on 19 November, 2008 at 5:36 pm

I am kicking myself for leaving my camera charger back home. I’ve been nursing only a few pictures and now I’m totally out of juice. I have more pictures in my head than in the camera. And they are wonderful…. A much cheaper alternative to a guided tour is a local bus to the same [...]