Great movie

[mrj]

Agree with Soapweed, especially on the point of mere man thinking we could possibly have more effect than that wicked witch some love to worship, 'Mother Earth', when it comes to pollution and wrecking the climate. One massive rainfall and the flooding causes such great erosion, a big volcano eruption puts more dust, and more corrosive dust, at that, into the atmosphere in a short time than man made ever could.

Not that we shouldn't do what makes sense and is affordable to keep the air and water clean, but to saddle the productive people of the world with onerous regulation to satisfy the hearts of bureaucrats and line pockets of promoters thereof, makes no sense and will be detrimental to humanity.

One also has to consider that some of the promotion of such schemes does seem related to denying that earth was created by God and pushing the idea that man is superior and doesn't need God, particularly the God of Christianity.

I'm very thankful that the sea that once covered western SD no longer is here, as well as that something eliminated the dinosaurs from our landscape before I came along! I'm sure citizens of eastern SD appreciate that the glaciers which sculpted their landscape have melted long ago, while depositing that wonderfully rich soil over there. Change is NOT all bad, folks! We need to learn to live with and work with it to survive as productive citizens of this world we have inherited. Do what makes sense to conserve, not just preserve (which may be great for museum pieces, but doesn't do much to help people live and thrive into future generations) a workable earth. Our western wildlands would be far better off used productively, with seasons for growth and for harvest, than when they are shut up into giant parks for only a few to even see.

We need to learn to manage rain/snow better in order to renew water sources. People need to learn that agricultural use of water has been increasingly well managed, with much better use of less water to produce more in irrigation, and that improvement continues. Now, if we could learn to better manage rainfall to prevent flooding, and better store and utilize the rain that falls. And NEVER forget that water does not just disappear, it recycles via evaporation and falling all over again as rain and snow! Less pollution is needed, but should not be used to cripple businesses, either.

mrj

 

[jigs]

Gave up on movies about 15+ years ago. The last one was All The Pretty Horses which was pretty good tho` as usual, not as good as the book. We had to endure about 20 minutes of "trailers" for upcoming movies & the sound system just about blasted us out of our seats. Of course there are ticket prices of $12.50 and as others have mentioned, popcorn/drink prices were sky high. When we left the theatre my wife said to me "Well, I guess we won`t need to do that again!!" Too bad `cuz we used to love going to movies.
Subway? We`ve eaten never there but our kids tell us it`s "not bad".
Geez, here I am sounding like "a grumpy old guy"........feeling better after my little rant. Better go do some fencing!

My wife DEMANDS we get there early to see all the trailers... she loves them. there is a channel on our cable that plays "Nothing But Trailers" three time a day for 30 minutes.... she loves them more than anything on tv.... I even offered to pop popcorn for her so she could watch the trailers!

 

[Faster horses]

Well, Like I said, I`m not out to change anybody`s mind. And if all the "climate change denier`s" turn out to be right, I guess we`ll be OK...if they`re wrong, we`re all in "deep sheep".
AS for some folks making lots of $ out of the controversy, of course, they are but there`s also a lot of people making big $ on the other side of it. Using that argument sure has a lot of holes in it!

Life is tough...life is tougher when you`re stupid: John Wayne

Now I am curious.
Who is "making big $ out of the controversy"?

 

[Larrry]

The thing is the left is trying to prove global warming. Thats how it started and that is the whole goal. Man were funded by those who wanted global warming to be true. These sp called experts and their studies knew where the money was coming from. So it was in their best interest for more money to try and make it real. Skewing data was in their best interest
So the answer as to who was profiting was the leftist friendly global warming nuts. Just look at how it padded the pockets of MM and Al

 

[Faster horses]

The thing is the left is trying to prove global warming. Thats how it started and that is the whole goal. Man were funded by those who wanted global warming to be true. These sp called experts and their studies knew where the money was coming from. So it was in their best interest for more money to try and make it real. Skewing data was in their best interest
So the answer as to who was profiting was the leftist friendly global warming nuts. Just look at how it padded the pockets of MM and Al

My point exactly. Well said.

 

[mrj]

It wasn't nice of us to 'hijack' the interesting comments on movies, but it seems climate manipulation, maybe that's political manipulation after all, has taken over.

As to who makes the profit, maybe Tesla was one big beneficiary, as well as any other alternate fuel vehicle experimentation. Not to mention all the fueling stations for them scattered across states like SD, which seems an unlikely place, given our population and the fact we are not so well endowed for personal pie in the sky investments as such vehicles appear to be. Not sure how well they would perform in our frequent ground blizzards, or general winter conditions, after all.

Wind energy promoters probably are raking in a pretty good take, too. Some seem to be working well. but I wonder if private, home based plants selling excess power production back to our electric company might not be a better fit for places like SD and other limited population states. At the least, until we have viable means of storing electricity for at least short periods of time. When the wind isn't blowing, we could have power. I recall that being the limiting factor back when we had the original Winchargers and Jacobs plants in this area. We were never a able to put away the oil lamps, or have an electric fridge, tho we did have one of those dangerous old propane models. The batteries were water based and difficult to keep from freezing until we got propane heaters to replace our wood burning stoves. The wood burner was a boon on the Calhoon ranch where I grew up, as we had very few trees, being in higher country than where I live now, only some ten miles or so to the west. The creek is bigger here, and as my mother used to marvel, "even your side draws have draws running off them"! And they all had good brush and quite a few American Elm, Ash, and smaller trees thriving. They also didn't have milk cows or sheep, both of which seemed hard on the brush and trees, imo.

Practical passive type solar energy improvements more sense to me than the pricey, highly engineered, almost pie in the sky (comparing cost to returns) solar projects. Case in point, the first, old homesteader house we lived in had a total of six windows in the 24 x 36 house, two of which were to a roofed over porch, so had little light and no solar gain. Roof overhangs kept the hot, midday sun out, and let in the winter sun which was much appreciated. When that house was replaced, we put a wide, window about 30" above the floor, to within a foot of the ceiling window in our south facing dining/family room. It lets in an amazing amount of solar heat in winter, and again, roof overhang, and a poorly placed pine tree do keep out most of the hot summer sun. Slat blinds do the rest to keep it cool in summer. The furnace blower even spreads the heat to other rooms effectively, allowing the thermostat to be set lower. The cost is probably negligible, other than a more expensive window that was trulyh needed. However the ability to monitor ranch activity at the corrals, as well as the views to the creek and even traffic on our driveway is priceless! We did compensate by putting in smaller, and fewer windows than recommended on the north and much of the west side, though the views those directions warrant bigger ones, imo. and we do have quite a few trees in those directions, as well as being low on the creek bottom to mitigate wind chill somewhat. Writing this, I realize once again how blessed we are to be able to stay in this house into our 'retirement' years, turning 75 and 88 this summer. And no, the 'old guy' is not retired, but does choose his jobs to accommodate the aches....when he can! Sometimes, he needs to be 'thumped' like that guy in the commercial who says he eats his veggies "when I can"!!!

Point: it would be low cost to benefit ration, imo, if there was good information, and reasonable cost solar power applied to building or remodeling homes and farm/ranch buildings and to improve the insulating and even the siting of them.

mrj

 

[Soapweed]

What I liked about the movie was that it was "classy." As we left, I even told Peach, "That almost seemed like a Republican movie."

 

[mrj]

We have a really nice little movie theater in Philip. Haven't been there since they showed the Buffalo King documentary about the life of Scotty Philip, which is a shame because they do have some good movies. Only thirty miles away, too. Oh well, soon our little great grand daughter will be wanting to go, and they have a matinee on Sunday, so that may get us out to a movie before long.

mrj