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Gas stations and buggy whips

Darcy Hitchcock

In the 1800’s buggy whips made the vehicles go. Then horseless carriages took over and buggy whips became short hand for an antiquated business. Now electric vehicles are on the rise and guess what. Some gas stations are resisting instead of preparing for the trend.

Gas stations aren’t exactly enthusiastic about the government’s efforts to put EV chargers anywhere and everywhere. In Georgia, where several automakers want to build new EV-focused manufacturing plants, gas station trade groups are advocating for legislation that would limit the state power authority’s potential role in EV charging. At the national level, lobbying groups that represent the gas station and convenience store industries have pushed back against a proposal in Congress to build EV chargers at public rest stops on the interstate because, they argue, it would undermine gas stations’ ability to compete.

It’s not all together their fault. You can install charging stations…

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Vote for the climate

Darcy Hitchcock

Midterms are already starting in certain states. Who we elect to office, or don’t, will have a significant impact on climate change.

How do you know how the candidates stack up? You can’t, of course, just listen to their rhetoric. Politicians love to make vague statements (like, “Yes we can” or “Make America great again”), hoping voters will take it to mean what they want it to mean.

So here are some ways to assess the climate performance of candidates, according to a recent article in Inside Climate News. The list below includes direct quotations from the article.

  • Vote Climate’s 117th Congress scorecard reveals distinctions among Democrats in its separate scores on “leadership,” and whether the candidate supports a carbon fee or related policy to reflect the social costs of carbon in the price of fossil fuels.
  • Climate Hawks Vote produces a shorter list of endorsements than many other…

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When Life Gives You Lemons, Whatcha Gonna Do? 🍋

From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: Karen Arnold

     So the stuff has hit the fan, and the unexpected explodes with the question, “Whatcha gonna do now?” 🤔 In our bewilderment we don’t know what the heck we’re going to do at that moment, but whatever we do, let’s get a little innovative with it shall we?

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade is a proverbial expression used to inspire optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of difficulty or misfortune. Lemons suggest sourness or trouble in life; making lemonade is turning them into something positive or desirable. Source: www.theidioms.com

So Life Threw You a Lemon?

At the rise of some of life’s challenging moments
you tend to become worried and afraid
but encouraging words from an old quote I once heard
“When life throws you a lemon, then make lemonade.”

Suppose life throws you just one lemon
or perhaps several…

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How…?

De malinha pronta

Reprise

Photo : Filipa Moreira da Cruz

How long must we wait
To be, once for all, safe?
How far shall we go
To let our dreams flow?
How many words do I have to say
To show you I love you every day?
How much loneliness do I have to bare
To prove you that I really care?
How old will I be
When you decide to stay with me?
How fast can we run
Just to enjoy life and have fun?
How well do you know me
To trust our love and feel free?
How often will you deny
To spread your wings and fly?
Don’t push yourself too hard
Be gentle with your own heart
Take your time
Being in love is not a crime
Before waving goodbye
Give it a try!

Filipa Moreira da Cruz

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Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills | AP News

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year. For abortion-seekers like her, such journeys, along with pills sent through the mail, will grow in importance if the Supreme Court follows through with its leaked draft opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v.
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