The U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on the Renewable Portfolio Standard next week. What’s that you may ask, well its a standard set by the Federal Government that requires a certain amount of energy be derived from renewable sources. Sounds good to me. But wait how is this paid for, oh yeah that’s right, its a subsidy to renewable technologies, paid for by taxes.
Now don’t get me wrong I fully support renewable energy, but why should I pay for someone else’s moral preference. …

I was going to post a picture of me and my dad kayaking, but we decided to go out in the dark. A full moon was up a few nights ago so we loaded up the boats and headed out. At one point there were about 20 dolphins around me feeding with just a touch of light from the setting sun, a beuatiful sight. I did find out my dad likes to kayak with his eyes closed. I had to catch up with him and quickly …