Bob Morris @ Jun 14th 2008 22:35 - Category: Unfiled ;
Countless homes and businesses are lost. Crops, especially corn have been wiped out. A 300 mile section of the Mississippi is closed, something that will have a major impact on shipping and transportation.
This is like Katrina, but for an entire state.
Bob Morris @ Jun 14th 2008 17:14 - Category: Unfiled Tags: algae, biodiesel, biofuel;
VentureBeat thinks maybe it could. Biodiesel can be made from algae, as can ethanol. One company thinks they can make hydrogen from it, another says they can create the equivalent of sweet light crude (this would be approaching the Holy Grail, top quality petroleum from renewable sources)
None of these plans are at the commercial stage yet. But in a few years, some no doubt will be. Huge amounts of venture capital are being invested in these technologies now.
(In a few years, investors might kick themselves for not buying that little dinky biofuel stock back in 2008 when it was $2 a share. However, there will probably soon be a bubble then a crash in such stocks which will leave much wreckage and a few hardy survivors. The question for adventurous investors now, if it can even be answered is, which companies will prosper? )
Biofuel created from algae and from cellulosic materials not grown on farmland have Black Swan potential. Some Black Swans are good. Replacing a petroleum-based economy with one based on renewable fuels would be a beneficent Black Swan indeed.
Bob Morris @ Jun 14th 2008 12:15 - Category: Unfiled ;
Construction is starting on this rotating wind-power tower.
Each floor houses twelve units, moves independently of the others, and wind turbines generated all the power needed for the building.
Bob Morris @ Jun 14th 2008 07:45 - Category: Socialism ;
(I meant to blog this earlier. Emphasis added.)
The Party for Socialism and Liberation polled an extraordinary 45,000 votes in the recent June 3 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election.
In the 5th District, Stephen Hinze, a warehouse worker, garnered 21 percent of the vote— 25,047—against 28-year incumbent Mike Antonovich
Marylou Cabral, a Cal State Long Beach student and anti-war activist, finished second out of three candidates in her race against right-wing incumbent Don Knabe. Cabral won 19,915 votes—about 18 percent—in the 4th District.
PSL got considerable mention in mainstream media and this astounding showing is testament to their skills as organizers and the desire of the public for real change.
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