
…e-bikes …photo by Joe
With all the climate chaos catastrophes going on worldwide now, I have focused some of my reporting, of late, on alternative energy solutions, and such. For instance, I recently did a story on e-bikes. While researching, I learned that in Denmark, some 37% of the working populace there bicycle to work. Impressive! A local college here recently put in a 1,800-panel solar field. Continental, Ohio (pop. 1,408) just put in a solar field as well. This was being discussed at a council meeting I was covering in a nearby the town. That town was considering a solar field as well. It will be these local, alternative energy initiatives, which are now gaining steam across the country, that will be at the heart of the shift… I’ve also reported on the Northwest Ohio Volunteer Firefighters Association. It was established in 1874 (when they still used ‘Bucket Brigades’), has grown incrementally ever since, and is a first responder lynchpin throughout rural Ohio…