Search Results for environment tag:searchlightcrusade.net,2024:/mt//feed/environment 2024-04-23T07:11:49Z Movable Type 4.21-en 13 1 13 Finding or Creating a "Green" or Eco-Friendly House tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2010://3.4941 2021-02-20T15:00:00Z 2021-02-20T11:52:45Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ With the current popularity of pursuing a "green" lifestyle and some sustainability (garden plot, edible landscaping, micro-orchard, etc.) in one's yard area, I value your input about what to look for in an older subdivision with larger lots that aren't... The History of Suburban Housing tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2010://3.4919 2020-12-18T15:00:00Z 2020-12-18T12:25:23Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ For at least the last thirty years, I've been hearing "affordable housing" advocates yammer about the high cost of housing, and how working families can no longer afford "decent" housing, which they apparently consider to be the three or... Finding or Creating a "Green" or Eco-Friendly House tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4223 2008-08-18T14:00:00Z 2010-03-23T13:55:54Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ With the current popularity of pursuing a "green" lifestyle and some sustainability (garden plot, edible landscaping, micro-orchard, etc.) in one's yard area, I value your input about what to look for in an older subdivision with larger lots that aren't... The History of Suburban Housing tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4089 2008-06-09T14:00:00Z 2010-01-20T14:54:37Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ For at least the last thirty years, I've been hearing "affordable housing" advocates yammer about the high cost of housing, and how working families can no longer afford "decent" housing, which they apparently consider to be the three or... Links and Minifeatures 07 13 (Friday the 13th!) tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2007:/~searchli//3.2864 2007-07-14T01:06:23Z 2007-09-27T23:27:05Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Oops! Via Josh Poulson, I got pointed to an article at Intellectual Conservative. We must consider that the threats to the Spotted Owl ten years ago are not necessarily the same as the threats now. Nonetheless, at first glance it... Links and Minifeatures 07 18 Tuesday tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2006://3.2330 2006-07-18T23:51:43Z 2007-09-18T03:30:54Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Isn't this rich? Carter blames 1980 loss on Walter Cronkite "Updated opinion polls right before the election took place showed that we had slipped," Carter told Shirley. "And it was primarily because Walter Cronkite and everybody else was talking about... Links and Minifeatures 06 11 Sunday tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2279 2006-06-12T01:01:21Z 2007-09-16T22:29:57Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Washington Post has an article giving the story (as told by the Post) of the Marine squad leader and others at Haditha. I do not know whether the Iraqi account of an atrocity or this account is closer to being... Smoker's Vs. Non-Smoker's Rights tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2099 2006-01-28T00:55:53Z 2007-09-13T20:53:14Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Digger's Realm trackbacked to my article on California declaring secondhand smoke a pollutant, angry at the "violation" or "smoker's rights" and saying "Searchlight Crusade who thinks smokers should be taken out and shot." No Digger, I don't want you shot,... Calif. Says Secondhand Smoke a Pollutant tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2098 2006-01-27T04:22:53Z 2007-09-13T20:50:24Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Hooray! Unlike many confused libertarians, I welcome this: Calif. Says Secondhand Smoke a Pollutant. You see, I've spent my life having my nose (and throat, sinuses, and lungs) rubbed in the fact that I'm dealing with the hazardous chemicals smokers... Links and Minifeatures 11 23 Wednesday tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2005:/~searchli//3.2010 2005-11-24T09:52:51Z 2007-09-11T21:31:22Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of the Vanities is up at Don Surber's. Recommended posts: Ruminating Dude, and ROFASix, who writes an excellent article detailing how DDT got banned despite the "science" or doing so being complete junk. In point of fact, DDT may... Petroleum and Energy tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2005:/~searchli//3.1941 2005-09-24T08:02:56Z 2007-09-10T22:08:25Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Judging by all the furor about the cost of gas recently, nobody remembers the Arab Oil Embargo in 1973 and 1974. The cars back then were just as big, and they got worse gas mileage than modern SUV's. And the... Links and Minifeatures 08 10 (Wednesday) tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2005:/~searchli//3.1882 2005-08-11T00:03:35Z 2007-09-10T02:38:43Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Teens urged to be future thinkers. Contest with kind of cool prize. ********** Iraq/War on Terror Jawa Report has some good ideas and good thinking on how we can really win the war on Terror. Wars are won when 1)... Today's Links and Minifeatures 2005 07 29 Friday tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2005:/~searchli//3.1859 2005-07-30T02:47:48Z 2007-09-09T19:41:51Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Sorry about no Daily Links yesterday. I ended up helping my brother get ready to move to Washington state. ********** There is an actual RPG Carnival starting up! They are accepting submissions now, the first one will appear Monday. Go...