Day May 5, 2006

Blair loses big

So far, the Labour Party has lost 288 local seats in a crucial election. Blair has reshuffled his cabinet in hopes of surviving. From Bob Piper, a Labour councillor who retained his seat ‘A fish rots from the head’. It…

21 Senators oppose war spending

All of them right-wing Republicans. “Not one Democrat voted against the bill” Pathetic, aren’t they? The Democratic ‘strategy” for winning in Nov. appears to be to do absolutely nothing and hope the Republicans shoot themselves in the foot. Which they…

Ethanol: the fix that probably isn’t

It seems to make sense. Create ethanol from crops, then you have a renewable, cheaper substitute for gasoline. But maybe not. According to some scientists, it takes more energy to produce ethanol than you get from burning it. Also, the…

Energy In 2006: rough ride ahead

This is excepted from a talk (pdf) by Matthew R. Simmons of Simmons and Company, investment bankers to the energy business. He seems quite convinced we have a serious energy crisis. Three of them, actually. Mitigating peaking of modern energy…