Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:10:34 +0000
Before I got really deep into clean technologies (15 years ago), I had a terrible nightmare. I was hiking to visit a historic cabin a couple miles into Guadalupe Mountains National Park. As a kid, I had visited Pratt Cabin a number of times with my grandparents. While certainly not … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 04:59:13 +0000
Arches National Park in Utah recently announced that rangers are looking for comments on a proposed plan to deal with congestion. For over a decade, the National Park Service (NPS) has struggled to keep the park from becoming a gridlocked traffic mess as outdoor recreation has become more popular while … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:51:28 +0000
Background: Spectacular Zion Canyon — Cars Prohibited 7 Months a Year: I would argue that the 6-mile route up Zion Canyon in Zion National Park is the most beautiful place in the world. Twenty-five years ago, Zion National Park went “green.” The National Park Service decided that automobile traffic in … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:50:18 +0000
For many readers, protecting nature is its own reward, but that’s not true for everyone. Some people get into EVs, solar, and such to save some money. Others get into it because they want the United States to be more energy independent. It’s also common for people to use clean … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:40:22 +0000
Continued from Part 1 Once the road finally finds its way out of the desert and onto the mountain range, a gradual climb begins. It’s still pretty rough here and there, with lots of ups and downs, but there are no more climbs so steep that the road needs a … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:56:45 +0000
If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably seen all sorts of photos of the EV9 I was reviewing last week. While I had it, I took it out on several adventures, visiting the Very Large Array, a sandstone canyon, and two national parks. Now, it’s time to tell one last … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:51:05 +0000
( TL;DR: I’m working on a special project to visit every national park and prove that EVs are good enough for road trips, even if you’re not wealthy. You can donate to the effort here.) The Problem While U.S. EV sales aren’t cratering the way some media outlets and personalities … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:13:08 +0000
Growing up around El Paso and southern New Mexico, Guadalupe Mountains National Park has long been a place to go. As a kid, I spent a lot of Saturdays getting up early in the morning to go visit Pratt Cabin in McKittrick Canyon, and even got to go inside a … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:49:15 +0000
Southeast New Mexico isn’t always an easy place to visit in an EV. The big thing is that it’s oil country, just like west Texas (a place that’s separated from southeast NM by nothing but an imaginary line). Until just very recently, it was a total EV dead zone, even … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:50:17 +0000
I would argue that the 6-mile route up Zion Canyon in Zion National Park is the most beautiful place in the world (see Figures 8 and 9). Way back 25 years ago, Zion National Park went “green.” The National Park Service decided that automobile traffic in Zion Canyon had become … [continued]
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