Did all these folks fail their Jr. High math class? ========== If you thought the $535 million Solyndra scandal had chastened the fearless venture capitalists of the Obama Administration, think again. The Department of Energy shovelled out $1.1 billion in new loan guarantees to solar projects in Nevada and Arizona Wednesday, and more deals are pending before the $18 billion program funded... Read more
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
What Solyndra Fiasco?
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Obama, The LeftCold-Water Swimming in Alaska – WSJ.com
July 31 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Health Tags: LifeWhat an article!! Talk about the title of my blog… Great! ============= By BILL STREEVER Craig George An Iñupiat hunter once told me the secret of survival in the Arctic Ocean. “Stay in the boat,” he said. “Don’t go in the water.” But I plan to go in the water, to plunge in from the northernmost point in the United States, out near Point Barrow,... Read more
Bill Gates on Solar Power
July 23 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, Politically correct, Technology, The LeftBill Gates in an interview in the July issue of Wired magazine: (Wired is pretty good…) ======= [Chris] Anderson: When you look at the big picture [for the future of energy], where should we be focusing besides nuclear? On massive solar plants in the desert? On middle-size stuff for office roofs? Or is there a reinvention that could be done right in... Read more
U.S. Greens Against Chile’s Poor
July 15 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, The LeftChilean President Sebastian Piñera says that by generating high levels of growth, his government’s economic policy can set the country on the path to becoming a developed nation within a decade. That would be especially good news for the millions of Chileans who still live below the poverty line. But it’s not likely to happen if... Read more
Design Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster
July 3 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Liberal Press, Technology, The LeftDesign Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster – WSJ.com. Nuclear technology is not the issue. Of course, don’t hold your breath waiting for “left leaning, liberal, environmental factual analysis”… I cannot figure out why/how the Nuclear Industry itself is so often its own worst enemy. ====== By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU And CHESTER DAWSON TOKYO—Some senior engineers at Tokyo Electric Power Co. knew for years that... Read more
Scientists predict rare ‘hibernation’ of sunspots
June 15 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global WarmingScientists predict rare ‘hibernation’ of sunspots – Yahoo! News. Of course, this won’t help “climate change”… Well stated by the same scientists who didn’t predict this significant potential event, either.