Crude. The Movie
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger has a guest post in Gas 2.0 on why he did Crude, a documentary about a $27 billion lawsuit by Ecuadorean inhabitants of the Amazon against Texaco for despoiling an enormous area of the Amazon. He had…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month August 2009
Solar-powered surveillance plane could stay aloft for five years
What’s more, the parts are interchangeable and can be swapped out during flight. This is the first entry in a contest Darpa is having for extreme-endurance planes. The commercial and civilian spinoffs from this contest could be significant. It could…
Michael Jackson, Madoff, the CIA
Michael Jackson’s death ruled homicide by LA coroner And not manslaughter? Yikes. Prison denies Madoff dying of cancer. I mean, Lordy folks, The NY Post quoted unnamed sources quoting inmates who say Madoff told them he has cancer, and they…
On Megrahi being freed
A plausible case can be made that Megrahi was in fact not the Lockerbie bomber. The Guardian What are the arguments for his innocence? Megrahi’s legal team say they have proof that a key witness, a Maltese shopkeeper called Tony…
Microbes that convert carbon in wastewater into plastic
Now that’s recycling. And a huge win for everyone involved as well. The many advantages of wastewater-to-bioplastics over petroleum include easing pressure on landfills, converting a municipal waste disposal liability into a marketable asset, reducing the amount of petroleum-based plastic…