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My hair and skirts are blown all over the place but I don't care; being feminine outside is always a joy so I just keep smiling.
I was doing a wedding shoot at Sculpture park in Seattle when I saw this young man protecting her from the wind, great moment.
I made some lightweight cars for my wind up engine. On my current track (comprised op 2 loops from an old 9v set) it will do the following:
by itself: make one lap
with one car: almost a full lap
with two cars: little over half a lap
I have ordered a loop of this old style track as I beleive it will give it better traction than my 9v track does.
I experimented with different tires and these worked out best (offset tread pattern)
However, the tires are loose on the wheels. I think I may sand them to rough them up and give the tire more grip... maybe even a small dot of super glue just for maximum track adhesion
I'm hoping to make a clever mini layout based entirely on this engine and possibly adding some other wind-up fun to it as well!
Southern Indiana's share of hurricane Ike has given us terrible, terrible winds today. Trees falling everywhere, damaging property like this cabin and a car or two. The town was without power for several hours today. Our energy company had 150,000 without power earlier. It seems to be over now, thank goodness.
Wind: From ESE at 41mph gusting to 49mph ripped the tarps on the Aerial Lift Bridge to shreds.
The waves were coming over the pier walls last night. The sidewalks were full of water/slush and ice was growing on everything the water could touch. It was really "cool". . . and windy.
This Hibiscus photo was shot as found in a local plant nursery.
Hibiscus 'Cayman wind' is a patented hybrid variety of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.
Goshen North Wind Farm, Idaho Falls, ID 2010; A group of INL Wind Program personnel tour the Goshen North Wind Farm during its construction.
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This was also shot early in the morning, looking southeast. The sound you hear is a jackhammer tearing up part of a parking lot. The workers weren't about to let anything like a fire get in the way of their job.
This video was shot with my Samsung Galaxy A35 5G smartphone.
This was taken a few years ago at a wind farm about two hours from my home. It is located in Eastern Washington on the bluffs over looking the Columbia River Valley.
In a way I'm a small owner of this wind farm... or at least a small reason it exists. About fifteen years ago, our energy company, PSE, offered a green energy option, in which we would pay a bit more in energy costs, I think it was around 5 %, and with that extra money they would develop green sources of electricity for their customers. This is one project funded by customers who made that choice.
Having just watched yet another depressing documentary about the BP oil spill in the gulf of mexico, I am so happy I made that choice and would do it again.
There are no easy, one answer solutions to our energy challenges. But I think this is one of the answers. I actually find the wind farms quite aesthetic to the eye, but would not be happy to see them everywhere. There is a lot of information in the media that downplays green energy options these days, but it can often be misleading. For instance, I've seen reports give a number for upper limit to the amount of energy we can get from wind in which only areas covered by our current power grid were included. When you include areas off the grid, the number goes way up. Building up the breadth and quality of our energy grid is one of the projects we need to do, as important as the new forms of energy.
Other sources of energy we should watch and support
Conservation:
Is the cleanest source because it reduces energy consumption and impacts the system with a *negative* cost of pollution and makes overall energy bill cheaper. Every Kilowatt you save is another Kilowatt you don't need to burn coal for.
Solar:
The cost of solar cell manufacture has been plummeting in the last 10 years, many new breakthroughs tied to nanotechnology advances. This trend will continue making the cells more efficient, cheaper and capable of working in cooler climates
Geothermal:
Old style Geothermal, brought steam pressure heat to the surface to run turbines. There were not to many places on the earth where this was practical. New technologies utilize the differential in heat, and work in a way similar to heat pumps that many people have in their homes heating/cooling systems.
Bio-chemcial Energy: Not corn ethanol, which some people say costs more to make than it gives us; But newer technologies that utilize allege and bacteria's that can synthesize much cleaner hydrocarbon based fuels or hydrogen itself. This is another area in which a lot is happening in hurry.
There is a story about the railroad industry in the post world war II era. The rise of interstate highways made trucking goods much more attractive than rail-based freight. The Railroads fought this transition and saw the upsurge in the trucking industry as a threat. But what they did not realize was that they were in the freight business, not the railroad business. Just that simple change in the definition turns a problem into a solution.
The Oil companies are today faced with a similar situation. The lock that petrochemical industry has on our governmental policy and economic system is similar in many ways. Slowly, I think they are realizing they are in the energy business not the oil (gas and coal) business.
But the number one thing you can do improve the situation is to ask your government officials to stop subsidies for petroleum industry. This would include not relaxing EPA standards for Oil companies which currently are 'special exceptions' to many of our existing laws. Also you might think about the cost of wars fought which seek to support our access to oil in other countries. Instead we should invest our subsidies in green energies we can make domestically, and building up the infrastructure to support them, like smart grids and extended grids. These projects bring real jobs to our local communities.
No one thinks we will stop using petrochemical solutions overnight, but it is crucial that we start reducing our dependence on them. This transition is an opportunity for our society not a problem.
Ok that was my little rant for today, Back to cleaning the Garage!
Week 16
52 WEEKS IGP 2012 | Tema della settimana: " Vento " |
purtroppo sono riuscita a caricarla solo ora, per colpa di problemi tecnici, ma almeno ero riuscita a scattare in tempo.
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What would be a better way to spend a summer evening than with good music, a beautiful setting and perfect weather? We joined friends of ours for an evening of jazz at the Edith Wharton house in Lenox, Massachusetts. The wind was actually calm, the concert was free and there was a cash bar.
Earth, Wind and Fire (Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey) on the red carpet at 2023 Gateway Celebrity Fight Night at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Wind turbines in Hitra wind farm.
Read More about Wind power: www.statkraft.com/energy-sources/wind-power/
Jul & I took a trip this past weekend to visit our friends in the Philadelphia area, and over the next couple days I’ll try to post a good portion of what I shot. Sit tight.
First off is a shot of some windmills alongside the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Some may consider it an eyesore, but I’ve always been intrigued by them.
The wind farm, located in Somerset, PA, alongside the Fayette County wind farm, generates 24 megawatts of electricity. It tripled the amount of wind energy in the eastern United States. It produces enough energy to power 8,200 homes.
The towers are 215 feet tall, and the blades are 230 feet in diameter. Several companies have signed on to buy energy from the wind farms, including Giant Eagle. The first university to sign on to buy power was Carnegie Mellon University, which will amount to 5% of its electrical needs.
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy signed on as well, and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia agreed to buy 20 million kilowatt hours over the next three years, making it the largest retail wind energy purchase in the nation. Penn State University agreed to 13.2 million, making it the second largest.
Smøla Wind Farm is a 68 turbine wind farm located on the island of Smøla in Norway. The farm was built in two phases The first stage (20 x 2.0 MW) was opened September 5, 2002 and the second (48 x 2.3 MW) in September 2005. The maximum production capacity is 150 MW and is’s generates 450 GWh in average per year.
Read more about Smøla wind farm: www.statkraft.com/energy-sources/Power-plants/Norway/Smola/
(Photo: Bjørn Iuell)