[ letters] Love the BrainStormers I would like to praise the great article about the BrainStormers (June ’15). The Weather Channel needs to read the article and give these guys a second season to continue to educate and entertain. Wow; in an age where we just throw things away and buy a new one, this is so refreshing.
Cindy Parker via email
Taking Issue With Stories I used to look forward to Colorado Country Life. Lately, I have noticed that these issues are filled with pro-sustainability propaganda. Gone are the days when (my co-op) pushed back against the state’s mandated renewability programs. In July’s issue, as an example, has Kent Singer pitching the benefits of solar power just like a cable television pitchman. Where is the financial case for residential users? Many of us know that the payback, break-even period for solar is measured in decades. Then there is the “Editor’s Note” defending the compact fluorescent lightbulbs, which doesn’t come close to telling the whole story. My problem is that I’m a retired mechanical engineer. As an applied scientist, I was taught to gather data, objectively analyze that data and develop a costeffective remedy. What is absent for the past six and a half years is serious debate of the realities of global warming.
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One for the Birds Correction: The photo accompanying the July ’15 Outdoor column on birdwatching mistakenly identified the bird pictured as a male black-tailed hummingbird. It was not. It was a male broad-tailed hummingbird. Our apologies to photographer and columnist Dennis Smith for misidentifying this beautiful bird.
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