Spain, a leader in wind power, is #1 in high speed rail too. Sadly, the US is nowhere to be seen. High speed rail can often substitute for air travel, maybe even with advantages too. For example, it will generally deposit passengers in the middle of a city, not on the periphery, a decided [...]
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For counter terrorism read reaction The British government’s new counter terrorism strategy was unveiled yesterday accompanied by the usual fanfare of publicity, designed to remind us that terrorists are lurking under the bed and so best allow further erosion of our civil liberties, reminding too those who may be prone to acts of terror – [...] Yes, solar company stock prices cratered, but the solar industry itself is booming, further proof that cleantech just keep rolling on, ignoring the doom and gloom predictions. A Tamil woman picks tea on a plantation. Given the position of Sri Lanka’s Tamils as a minority on the island and a pawn in the struggle between competing groups of the majority Sinhalese, the Tamils have legitimate grievances against the government. But despite its claims, the LTTE’s ultimate goal has little to do [...] Works for me. Having different chargers for every cell phone is ridiculous and wastful. The EU says by Jan. 2012 most new mobile phones will have a universal charging connector. The world’s fastest EV is a ’72 Datsun with two forklift electric motors and 60 batteries. It can blow the hubcaps off a Corvette. Plus it’s street legal. Marijuana is the most smuggled drug Finally, a cabinet member is stating the obvious truth. An “insatiable” appetite in the United States for illegal drugs is to blame for much of the violence ripping through Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. Legalization, as someone said, is the least bad choice [...] The highly destructive practice of blowing up mountain tops to get at coal, with dumping of waste and rocks into valleys and streams has been put on immediate hold by the EPA until they review environmental impacts. It’s so nice to have sane people running the government again. [...] Our phone and thus DSL are currently not working. Hopefully it’ll be fixed soon. Thus, posting may be a bit spotty for a bit. The business center in our aprtment complex has wifi and the’s a Starbucks across the street, so we’re not totally isoalted. At which point insurance rates will automatically rise, quite possibly sharply. Is there anything that AIG did competently? |
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