Second trip to Yosemite recently. Specifically to shoot the famous Firefall event, which happens 2n and 3rd week every February. With only 50% snowfall and weather issues, I was feeling it was unlikely to happen. I got in position 6 hours early to make sure I had a spot. It was scary with on and off cloud cover most the day. But I hung in there to the end with hundreds of not well over a thousand photographers. The sky opened as the sun was settimg at just the right angle to create the glow in the falls and was able to use all 12 min of shooting time.

Don’t forget, we are the generation trying to deal with the results of our several generations’ dependence on fossil fuels for our energy needs. We could continue to use fossil fuels, and expend tremendous time and money mitigating (if it is even possible) their detrimental environmental impacts but they are not an unlimited resource. What do we do when their scarcity is so dire we cannot afford them? While recycling lithium batteries is a costly process, it pales in comparison to the costs of mitigating or dealing with the environmental impacts of an ever increasing use of fossil fuels.

We cannot just sit on our hands and do nothing to change the trajectory of our dependence on fossil fuel energy sources.

Stan

Thank you very much alberio for stopping by to take a look.

While I live just a few blocks from the downtown area I seldom go there unless it is to the courthouse, my insurance agent or a fly fishing shop. But I did look up Carsten's Bakery and I see they, of course, sell doughnuts. I have never met a doughnut I wouldn't eat. I may have to stop by to take a look. Thanks in advance for the extra pounds.


Dennis