Rock Port MS now gets all its power from wind
Bob Morris @ Apr 21st 2008 20:59 - Category: Renewable energy, Wind turbines ;
That’s right, 100%, making this a first for a US city. May there be many more.
Archive for April 21st, 2008
Pentagon propaganda over torture and Iraq revealed
Bob Morris @ Apr 21st 2008 16:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
The liberal blogosphere seems startled and appalled that the Pentagon was deliberately trying to influence media and public opinion over the Iraq War.
The only thing about this that startles me is that some were startled by it.
Final preparations for moving
Bob Morris @ Apr 21st 2008 13:41 - Category: Unfiled ;
We close escrow on the sale of our house on May 1, and will drive a truck with our belongings to San Francisco, where we’re moving to. We fly back here for my sister’s wedding on May 10, grab the cats, and return to S.F. where we will stay in corporate housing for a bit until we find an apartment. So, for the next month or so, postings here may be coming at odd times and may be sporadic, although I do plan to stack up lots of posts to appear in the future.
During this process of selling, the buyer requested we do one fairly major job, and once again, it’s always good to get multiple quotes. I got four quotes. One clearly didn’t want the job, two seemed to think it would be complicated, but the fourth one, a solid pro with lots of experience, not only said the job would be no problem, his bid was 40% lower than the others. So, it’s always pays to shop around.
The house is mostly packed, we have a moving sale next weekend, and leave a few days after that. Whew!
Pennsylvania polls all over the place
Bob Morris @ Apr 21st 2008 11:41 - Category: Election 2008 ;
Clinton is up big, no it’s close, or is Obama ahead? Which of the currently widely divergent polls for tomorrow’s Pennsylvania primary you choose to believe probably tells more about who you support than what the actual results will be.
Small wind is growing fast
Bob Morris @ Apr 21st 2008 07:16 - Category: Unfiled ;
Like solar, wind power can be small or large. The new breed of small wind is much quieter so it can be installed most anywhere.
See-through homes
Bob Morris @ Apr 21st 2008 01:10 - Category: Credit crisis ;
That’s what they call them now in Minnesota’s new ghost towns - these being vacant homes with no curtains and no furniture. You can see through one window and out the other. And there are many of them. What will happen when entire just-built housing developments are abandoned by the builder and / or foreclosed homes greatly outnumber the occupied homes?
It’s not just happening there or just to residential real estate. Commercial real estate is feeling the pain too.
