Month April 2007

Pity the poor 9-11 conspiracy “theorists”

LeftiOnTheNews points out that 9/11 conspiracy theorists must be in a dither today because of the tanker truck explosion in the S.F. Bay Area. The force of the explosion and the resulting heat softened the supporting steel, causing the overpass…

He’s pro-intervention, pro-war

And this presidential candidate wants to increase defense spending and put more US troops everywhere. Read it and weep, liberals. When it comes to foreign policy, Barack Obama appears little different from George Bush.

New England surprise

So, after moving to Connecticut (where I grew up), a rash appeared on my legs and wouldn’t go away. Finally went to an MD who looked at it for about two seconds and said it was poison ivy. How can…

The big dry

The Economist has an excellent backgrounder on the serious drought in Australia and what they’re doing to mitigate it. Dave Riley, who lives in Australia, details the severity of the drought and how recycling kitchen water has led to an…

Wave Power. Ocean Power Technologies

Ocean Power Technologies “wave generation system uses a ‘smart,’ ocean-going buoy to capture and convert wave energy into low-cost, clean electricity.” A 10 MW power station would occupy 30 acres of ocean space, and is scalable to 100 MW.