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Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and the Blue Marble

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Ira Beckerman

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I am recently retired from a 30+ year career in transportation, working mainly in historic preservation. My background is in North American Archaeology, with a PhD from Penn State University, and a special interest in cultural ecology. While much of this blog will be on archaeology and historic preservation, we will necessarily drift into the larger public square of environment and sustainability. P.S. - That wonderful bow string truss bridge in the header is the Messerall Road Bridge over Pine Creek, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. In 2022, it will become part of the Spillway Trail in Pymatuning State Park!

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Environment

For whom the bridge tolls.
Transportation, Climate Change, and Mayor Pete
ESG Investing
Randemic Thoughts
Natural Gaslighting
A Cup of Coffee
Solar Panels: Our Story
Solar Basics
The Economics of Solar Panels (in Central PA)

Archaeology

Mesoamerican Exceptionalism and the Archaeology of the Less Than
Essential Workers. Essential Degrees.
For the Glory of Old State
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Archeologists Get the Short End of the Shovel
Pennsylvania’s Archaeological Predictive Model: Unfinished Business
Welcome

History and Truth

Land Acknowledgment? What Could Go Wrong?
Pennsylvania’s Historical Marker Program: A Holistic Review of Native American and African American-themed Markers

Historic Preservation

Infrastructure Funding Boost Puts Historic Bridges At Risk
Messerall Bridge Finds a New Home
Statue of Limitations
My Comments on the Proposed NEPA Changes
TRB, Taxonomy, and the Island of Misfit Toys
Refrigerator Magnetism
Synergy Drive
Rural Agricultural Landscapes – Part I
Rural Agricultural Landscapes – Part II
Rural Agricultural Landscapes – Part III
The PennDOT and IUP Partnership: A Personal History – In Six Parts
The PennDOT and IUP Partnership: A Personal History -II
The PennDOT and IUP Partnership: A Personal History – III
The PennDOT and IUP Partnership: A Personal History – IV
The PennDOT and IUP Partnership: A Personal History – V
The PennDOT and IUP Partnership: A Personal History – VI (Conclusion)
Moving PennDOT Forward

The Electric Runabout

Should Your Next Car Be an Electric?
2,013 Miles. Poor Planning. Many Mistakes.
TROC’s “Gift” to Electric Vehicles: $2.29 a gallon equivalent gas tax; TROC’s “Gift” to the Climate Crisis: Driving the Wrong Way Down a One-Way Street
Nissan Leaf – 3 Year* Review
De-CAR-bonizing our Gas-Powered Fleet
User Fees, Gas Taxes, and Electric Cars: The Coming Reckoning (Updated and Corrected May 4, 2021)
SB 845 Should be Kicked to the Curb
Nissan Leaf – One Year Review
An Electric Runabout? In 2019?
Ira Beckerman and the Electric Runabout: An Introduction
The Electric Car Driving Experience. Part 1: Around Town and Hill and Dale
The Electric Car Driving Experience: Part 2. Overnight Road Trip
Ford Versus Ferrari? No, Nissan versus Chevrolet.

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