Enviro & Government

– This really sucks – Million Solar Roofs Bill Dies in California Assembly – This bill had bi-partisan support until Assembly Democrats added union-sponsored amendments, including a provision that requires the payment of “prevailing wage” — in effect, union scale — on commercial and industrial solar installations. In essence, the democrats poison-pilled the bill to …

Headed up the 395 to Burning Man

We are all packed up and hitting the long road up to Burning Man from San Diego. The plan is to do the 395 route, a bit longer, but much more scenic, and arrive in Reno tonight. A quick shopping trip and we should be on the playa for Friday until late Sunday night. If …

Poly Canyon – experimental architecture

(All photos for this are posted here) On Friday of our Central Coast vacation we went to explore Poly Canyon. Poly Canyon is a nice outdoor area behind the California Polytechnic State University campus in San Luis Obispo. We walked up the side of a hill to check out the landscape. It was quite pretty, …