After walking the dogs this afternoon, I stepped back out to get this nice photo of the waxing gibbous moon over one of the saguaros in our yard. Click on the image to enlarge.
Environment
Challenging the AGW Scam – Do the Math (Again)
I’m re-posting this article from September of 2010. Yesterday, the gentleman that sponsored the billboard contacted us for permission to use the post and our remarks in connection with an upcoming book. Here is the comment that Paul left . . .
Requesting permission to use your comments and observations of our Billboard, posted on Cap’n Bob & the Damsel on September 13, 2010, in promoting our soon to be published book, “AN ALARM WENT OFF When I Heard ‘G.D. America’”. Please read IT’S REALLY SIMPLE on our website, www.psnorac.com. You are doing a great job. We thank you for it. Paul
My answer was in the affirmative, of course. Follow the link to check out his new book.
Here’s the original post . . .
During our return trip to California over the weekend, we passed this billboard on Interstate 10 near Quartzsite, AZ. The sign admonishes readers to “DO THE MATH” with regard to greenhouse gasses. I checked out the website www.psnorac.com and navigated to the Greenhouse Gasses write-up. In the lengthy treatise, the author breaks down the numbers of the composition of the atmosphere and in layman’s terms, explains the extremely small part of the atmosphere that can be considered as greenhouse gasses.
Image: billboard – click to enlarge
We did some research and found some graphics from the National Center for Policy Analysis and posted them in February of 2008. If you read the greenhouse write-up on psnorac.com, you will be able to visualize the numbers in the graphics in our post from 2008. You can download the National Center for Policy Analysis pamphlet (PDF), “A Global Warming Primer,” at this link. There is a lot of other information in the pamphlet that relate to the AGW issue.
Planning for the 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse
As Jack Horkheimer used to say (before passing) “keep Looking Up.” That’s why we’re starting to plan for a fairly short trip in May to witness an annular solar eclipse. The path of maximum eclipse extends from Asia, across the Pacific and then through the western United States. The path in Arizona will pass over Page and continue into New Mexico to Albuquerque.
Image: Path of maximum annular eclipse. Click to enlarge
Our target destination will be to go to Chinle, AZ, adjacent to the Canyon De Chelly National Park. In the image, you can see that the red path goes right over Navajo land and just along the southern part of the national park. Our plan is to tow a travel trailer to the area and find a place to camp after the eclipse that will occur on May 20, 2012.
I’m ordering some eclipse shades and a solar filter for each of our two cameras for the event. We are hoping for some excellent pictures of one of the most spectacular events to happen on Earth.
Cholla Against the Blue Sky
We were fortunate to purchase a piece of the Sonoran Desert when we bought our lot in Wickenburg, AZ. I took this photo of one of several cholla growing on the property. I like the way it looks against the blue Arizona sky. Click on the image to enlarge.
Friday Sunset
Have a good weekend, everybody. And, please enjoy this beautiful Arizona sunset that I photographed this evening from our courtyard.
The View Northeast – The Bradshaw Mountains
We paused along the road a quarter mile north of our new house to take this photo of the Bradshaw Mountains that lie between Wickenburg and Prescott. It was a nice, clear and sunny day today with blue skies and a high temperature of 65 °. Click on the image to enlarge.
This Evening’s Desert Sunset
As viewed from the courtyard in front of our beautiful little desert house. The weather was mostly cloudy today, but the clouds were clearing when I snapped this photo. We’re expecting sunny skies tomorrow. Click on the image to enlarge.
