Day January 2, 2008

Scientific American says let’s go solar

They present a detailed plan as to how a $420 billion investment over several decades could build enough solar in the Southwest to power 69% of US electricity by 2050. Among their innovative ideas. Store excess energy as compressed air…

Sewage water to drinking water

A new plant in Orange County California will process 70 million gallons of treated sewage into drinking water by cleaning it then pumping it into the groundwater basin for further filtration. Previously, treated sewage was pumped into the ocean. Now…

How the Bushies blew it in Pakistan

From a fascinating post by an American who knows Pakistan well But what recent events demonstrate even more clearly is that the Bush administration’s policy of relying on a personal relationship with a megalomaniac manipulator like Musharraf to fight al-Qaida…