Bob Morris @ 19:23 Category: Unfiled;
Koppers is the largest US manufacturer of railroad ties and utility poles. Disposal of old poles and ties, which are creosote-soaked, is not a problem for them. They’ve been converting them into energy since 1988 at their biomass plant. Not only does this avoid dumping them in landfills, it provides enough energy for 600 homes.
Bob Morris @ 16:31 Category: Unfiled;
“Back to Detroit” by Wayne Kramer
It’s a hard wind blows through the buildings and empty lots
As the corner of Michigan and 31st waits in ruin
And the echoes of happy shoppers faded long, long, long ago
Back when Chrysler, GM and Ford went mad with greedOh, how we hoped it would turn out right
Going back to Detroit
It’s deja vue all over again. Or maybe it’s even worse this time.
This is the moment of reckoning for these companies. I know no one on the Street who thinks GM and Chrysler, or their suppliers, will survive in the form and structure that they currently exist in.
Ford seems to be in even worse shape than GM and Chrysler, and appears so hopeless it barely get mentioned in reports like these.
GM and Ford announce their third quarter losses tomorrow, which are expected to be somewhere between hideous and catastrophic.
Greedy, comatose managements. Cratering car sales. Pension obligations that can not possibly be met. There are so many to blame, but that seems pointless now.
Even if the government does backstop the automakers, there will still be enormous numbers of layoffs and downsizing. This story will not have a happy ending, especially for Detroit and Michigan.
Bob Morris @ 14:03 Category: Unfiled Tags: Sarah Palin;
By Joe the Plumber’s hammer, by the sons of Wasilla, you shall be avenged.
Redstate has declared war against the traitorous infidels from the Land of McCain, those who have besmirched the name of the Palin Goddess.
I’m ordering extra popcorn.
Bob Morris @ 13:29 Category: Unfiled Tags: Obama;
Obama gets it about using the net to communicate. Change.gov has lots of information on transition plans, their full platform, a blog, what to know what you thing, and has a blog.
Tip: Intoxination
Bob Morris @ 09:04 Category: Unfiled Tags: Obama;
“Students at Barack Obama’s old primary school in Indonesia react as their teacher announced Obama’s win. Bay Ismoyo AFP/Getty Images”
From an LA Times article on the hugely positive world reaction to Obama being elected.
Bob Morris @ 08:59 Category: Unfiled;
Third Party candidates did poorly this year.
In comments to our previous post on third party turnout, Dave Riley notes “here is one absolute rule of thumb: when you have polarised elections the third party vote will always go down.”
Bob Morris @ 05:30 Category: Energy conservation;
Excellent idea. Cut off the power at the wall, not at the power strips, thus easily and quickly stopping phantom power drain from everything plugged into the wall outlet. (And if the spaghetti of wires behind your computers looks like mine, then you probably have more than one power strip. This makes it real easy to turn everything off.)
The Harriet Carter power switch is $5.
Bob Morris @ 00:45 Category: Unfiled;
In a welcome move recently, the FCC said unused “white spaces” spectrum between TV channels can be used for wireless broadband.
Google was a major proponent for this and the decision “was a clear victory for Internet users and anyone who wants good wireless communications.”
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