Enhanced Geothermal Systems have the potential to produce “effectively unlimited” renewable energy. It does this by drilling much deeper than conventional geothermal, harnessing the heat in the earth to create steam to power the turbines. As for the possibility of increased earthquake risk, Altarock President Susan Petty says in a SolveClimate interview, don’t drill [...]
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GOP Governor of Utah: Republican leaders in Congress “completely inconsequential” Latvia debt downgraded to junk Fired DJ launches podcast, gets 250,000 downloads, says terrestrial radio is doomed. Corruption touched CIA’s covert operations While I feel for those who will lose their jobs, when we moved to the S.F. Bay area last year, I asked two cousins and a good friend, all long-term residents, which are the good newspapers here and they all said exactly the same thing – there aren’t any. Hey, let’s turn an offshore oil rig into a hotel. And make it really pricey too. The financial elite (those who are still solvent and not preoccupied with being indicted, that is) would certainly enjoy be flown to the middle of nowhere in the ocean to stay at an utterly isolated hotel with none [...] If police crack down on the coming worldwide protests triggered by the recession, it will inevitably lead to the formation of global guerrilla groups, says John Robb. Of course, he expects this is precisely what will happen. [Madoff] told a federal agent that he’d “personally traded” for clients, according to the complaint. James Ratley, president of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, said he’s convinced Madoff was lying to the FBI. Q: How do you tell if Bernie Madoff is lying? A: His lips are moving. But if Madoff lied to the [...] One day, marine power like this will be commonplace. May it happen soon. Andy Carling De Vaartkapoen by Tom Franzen, outside the Communauté Française in Molenbeek, is an irreverent tribute to the anarchaic side of the Bruxeloise, The title is a slang term for people born in Molenbeek; “de vaart” means “the canal” and “kapoen” means cheeky. The subject is not the tripping policeman (and how often [...] Protesters clash with police in London in January over Israel’s action in Gaza. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Police are preparing for a “summer of rage” as victims of the economic downturn take to the streets to demonstrate against financial institutions, the Guardian has learned. Moreover, they expect some of the protesters to be middle-class [...] Wow. Our Congress is so wholly owned by special interests that a private individual with enough money can establish a Caucus on his behalf and then help select which Congressmen get to serve in it. Sort of like Bernie Madoff being head of NASDAQ or Stanford himself being head of a governmental agency in Antigua [...] |  | ||||
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