Saturday, October 12, 2019

In October?


The University of Wyoming has, apparently a Sustainability Club.

I have nothing against sustainability, although my views on it are probably a lot more informed by a long sense of history as well as agrarian sensibilities than most people's are.  Be that as it may, I can't help but note the irony of this.

Laramie is cold and October is the start of the cold months.  Maybe that emphasizes a certain type of solarness, if you will, but it's also the time when you begin to appreciate your furnace.  And at 6:00 p.m., the sun is going down.

Additionally, while the Union Pacific depot in Laramie is an eventing location, it's also right next to the railyard.


Well. . . maybe that does make sense.  Railroads are extremely efficient means of transportation and modern diesel trains are about the most efficient means of long hauls we have, by a long margin.  Indeed, the Burlington Northern a couple of years ago made a push as advertising itself as a "green" means of transporting goods, and it wasn't really wrong.

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