My 4kw kohler propane genset w/ auto start was $800 on craigslist- 40 hours on the motor. $200 to ship....

back in 2017 those pesky engineer types gave the US energy infrastructure a D+ grade. Doubt it is much better today ....I’m rural - totally off grid- its a decision that I had little choice about and truthfully did not always like as I limped thru all sorts of well pumps, refrigeration and shop tool demands etc etc.…

I know both Tim and Pop would likely eat my heart while I was still watching it beat if thats what it took to win...but the fact they would at least offer me a bite as well  just shows that nice guys can exist out there....  I am really really glad that both of them made this work for so long.  Great story - and I…

Claire Parkinson was on this in 1979https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16022017/arctic-sea-ice-extent-nasa-global-warming-climate-change..... too bad we just didn’t get enough warning to do anything about it.....

“DRIPPED” my friend : “dripped” .... as in Daz Bog’s dark roasted get yer yah yah s out finest coffee- R Roulette .....And no- I have never ever indulged in dipping russians . Certainly never to the point of roulette-dom.   Not sure how those rumors got started.

I think he gets a pass on how he frames it for now [altho, like Hurrcane Barry, I’d like to see way less of “oh it COULD be bad”  localized weather phenom stories] - the European heat wave that just happened got a 5x [at the very lowest end of their probability analysis] attribution to climate change .... and, Stefan…

I am remote from grid but I suspect you need to have a full house disconnect that then shunts your PV power to a battery bank which then runs that thru an inverter and into house? I am not savvy enough to know if recent integrated-in-the-panel 120AC inverters can run directly to home [seems unlikely] 

shhh ...hush now......twas only a plastic dream my child. Be still and sleep.... time enough for ospreys some other bright morn.....

no fish for breakfast? must be an urban fad. Out here in the boonies where roam the wild men and women of your cheap paper back dreams , we shimmy down into our canoe berths for a starry night sleep and BAHGAWD awaken and race the morning osprey for first trout of the day. Fresh dripped Russian Roulette, yesterdays…

well then.  Tie the Climate Crisis to terrorism and who knows?   Maybe some/anything will get done...   

really really do not like to admit that until a similar post showed up on FB, this discernment of that phrase had entirely escaped me.... ugh....

Nice prose and worthy examination of a topic that will likely remain with us for as long as there are ‘us’-es....thanks

yep- all those failed /semi failed narco infested states? Its their own damn fault.....no ‘demand’ to see here citizen.... move along. Yell about those immigrants....

Nice.  Terse and excellent.   Thanks!

gosh- i wonder what was going on to produce all this ....um....localized hotness....?    

he and I would likely agree on lots of stuff - but heh....electing rich white guys is not paying off so well huh? [besides, hoarding those precious dollars is. well. sick....]  

tho it IS likely symbolic, until there is global action , there really is zero headway. All the pertinent data says we are doing exactly nothing to stem the inevitable. As of April 2019: CO2 at record high with 2nd largest acceleration. https://mashable.com/article/climate-change-co2-record/CH4 at record high with…

plenty of room for nuance here- but I am kinda thinking that not too many GOATs have done the heartfelt apology thing. And the public nature of it doesn’t matter to me- it can just as easily be interpreted as a realization that her status as GOAT made it important to be public- to set an example .... I always hoped…

fun read - agree that the major takeaway is the ability to crank out a high probability forecast well in advance.  Very very cool....  for those of us well inland it will be an interesting watch.

we like the Executioner style electric swatter. Flash of light, that zzzt sound , fried skeeter smell..... what’s NOT to like?.... also and BTW- a small fan directed at the bed pretty much keeps ‘em at bay. Ceiling fan does it for the other rooms.