August Moon

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August 2010
Olympia—A crow sits on a electrical line near a utility pole with the Moon in the background. It was hot, and the crow had its beak agape.

I was leaving Media Island after a meeting for the radio station KOWA 106.5 LP FM. KOWA meeetings happen on Mondays, at 6pm, at Media Island, 816 Adams St SE (right across from the downtown Olympia Timberland Regional Library.)

Thoughts about Our Electrical Future

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Lake Powell

The former Glen Canyon

This landscape reminds me of the planet Tatooine, from the film Star Wars.

Polished Steel

Stainless Steel Close-up

Here's another perspective of the electrical generator turbine runner unit:

Turbine Runner

And more information about the "runner:"

"Don't be Evil"

Read about how much electricity it takes to keep the Internet running. Google builds a new plant in an area with promises of access to inexpensive electricity and public investments in necessary infrastructure.

"In 2006 American [Internet] data centers consumed more power than American televisions."

A Harper's Magazine centerfold annotation by Ginger Strand: