http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20191114-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1573862127 “California’s real concern is not merely to “keep the lights on” or prevent forest fires. Our future is not akin to the legendary boy who placed his finger in the dike to temporarily prevent disaster. Rather, as the nation and the world move into the space-faring age, California must…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20191107-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1573180385 A Note To Readers This week’s report is one that has only a single item. It is the more thorough report I have written on the California electricity and fire crisis. I would appreciate any comments or questions you may have. They can be sent to my email or…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20191031-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1572571670 “With wildfires raging across California on Wednesday—and with portions of the state living under an unprecedented “Extreme Red Flag Warning” issued by the National Weather Service due to the severe conditions—some climate experts are openly wondering if this kind of harrowing “new normal” brought on by the climate crisis…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20191024-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1572024591 “So, we have two stories here. First how in the hell can California, supposedly the most modern and advanced state in the nation, be thrown back to existing as we did more than a century ago– without electricity? The second story is actually a continuation of story that bankrupted…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20191012-PG%26E-Turns-Off-the-Lights-in-California.pdf?_t=1570935202 For the past one, two, three or even four days in northern California upwards of 2.5 million people have had no electricity in their home, business, school or work place. It was no natural disaster that disrupted the power grid, but a deliberate shutting down of electricity transmission by…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20191003-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1570150625 “China’s first ‘secret,’ he wrote, is that the Chinese government views infrastructure as the “bedrock” needed to sustain the country and make it powerful, ‘as well as an essential step to break the bottleneck of development, improve social well-being, promote interconnectivity and achieve sustainable development.’ The government therefore draws…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20190926-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1569601305 “If you really must have a child speaking at the UN, how about a teenager from Africa or India who believes economic growth is not a fairytale but absolutely essential to their liberation from poverty? We’ve all heard more than enough from middle-class Westerners who think economic growth is…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20190919-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1568997133 “There are 750 million adults in the world who are currently illiterate. There are 785 million people without clean water. Every year, 2 million people die of diarrhea. You can die of diarrhea, in case you didn’t know that. Some 40% of people in the world don’t have running…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20190912-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1568405905 “Sisters and brothers of India, my scientists friends, for the last few hours the entire nation was awake. We were awake in solidarity. In solidarity with our scientists who had embarked on one of the most ambitious missions of our space programs. “We came very close, but we will…
http://www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20190908-Morse-The-report-master-3.pdf?_t=1567978779 Samuel F. B. Morse: The Creator as Artist and Scientist by Patrick Ruckert and Hunter Cobb Contents Part I: Samuel F. B. Morse: The Man, The Artist and His Life Introduction I. Samuel F. B. Morse: The Artist The World of the Early 1800s Samuel Morse’s World Samuel’s Father:…
