Lots of Joy and Kindness at the Live Oak Music Festival

Needless to say, there is a huge demographic match-up between devotees of renewable energy and lovers of eclectic music (folk, blue grass, blues, reggae, etc.), plenty of which was on tap at this year’s Live Oak Festival from which I just returned last night.  Most of the blissful three-day period was spent listening to music that touches the very soul, but it was hard to miss the fact that these folks, almost to a person, share a deep devotion for making the world a better place, and that clean energy plays a big role in bringing about these improvements.  The parking lot was a great example, which featured many hundreds of bumper stickers suggesting that humankind should break its bind with fossil fuels and the miseries they engender, and head in a new, more sustainable and compassionate direction.

Not coincidentally, some of these people and I have colleagues in common.  I met a journalist who’s a supporter of “Eco-Auger,” a concept in run-of-river hydrokinetics that I researched some time back.  I happen not to believe that this concept will ultimately work, but it certainly is an example of the “small world” effect.

So long to the Cache Valley Drifters (pictured), who gave their farewell performance Sunday morning after 43 enchanting years.