Mar 26
What could be bad about a process called fracking? Energy companies now wish they had come up with a less dirty sounding name for the process of hydraulic fracturing, using high pressure water, sand and chemicals to crack rocks and release natural gas. I’m all for energy independence but I’m also in favor of responsible …
Jan 27
April 7, 1926 Travel through the Midwest and every barn and silo has a lightning rod on it. Not to many around here. Thunder storms are rare on the Central Coast but a recent electric storm set me to thinking about the biggest lighting disaster in the region. Union Oil built the tank farm along …
Jul 16
Images from the March 10 edition of the Telegram-Tribune, volunteers are washing oil from the feathers of a grebe hoping he will be one of the 25% who survive. Another photo shows oil muck being scraped from a Santa Barbara beach. Photos were by David Ranns January 29, 1969 Offshore oil drilling has been touted …
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