Fukushima crisis could last years

That’s the latest estimate. Some are saying that the United Nations should intervene. I agree. Clearly, the job is too big for Japan (and might be too big for any nation) to handle alone. Besides, the radiation is a worldwide issue. It requires a worldwide response.

Turning meat and bone meal into plastic

A new process could turn the 9 billion pounds of cattle processing leftovers into plastic, thus saving having to landfill it. Plus, it does it without using fossil fuels.

Floating solar power

LSA In Action from Sticky Advertising on Vimeo.

Floating the solar arrays saves money because no costly foundations are needed plus the water cools the arrays, increasing efficiency. The arrays track the sun and submerge in bad weather. A pilot plant will be installed in India soon.

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Bought and Paid For. Obama and Wall Street

With liberals currently foaming at the mouth about the Koch brothers, Bought and Paid For; The Unholy Alliance between Obama and Wall Street, by Charles Gasparino becomes even more significant. The book details how Obama was backed by Wall Street very early in the 2008 election and with much more money than they’d ever [...]

I was going to write something like this as satire

But the EPA beat me to it. Unfortunately, their version isn’t satire.

Government responds to nuclear accident by trying to raise acceptable radiation levels and pretending that radiation is good for us

How to reform CalPERS

The recent report on CalPERS was scathing in its detailing of alleged corruption, kickbacks and bribes at the highest level. Former CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro and board member Alfred Villalobos have already been sued by California, and the attorney in charge of the report says he expects that criminal indictments will follow saying, “It’s [...]

New Civil War erupts, led by super rich, GOP

This from those crazed radicals at MarketWatch. But they only get it half-right. It’s not just Republicans engaging in class war against the rest of us, it’s also Democrats and liberals. As Charles Gasparino extensively documents in Bought and Paid For. The Unholy Alliance Between Barack Obama and Wall Street, the investment bankers who backed [...]

20 MW offshore wind turbines

The UpWind Project, which is funded by the EU, is attempting to create ginormous 20 MW offshore wind turbines. You can’t just take a 5MW tubine and make it bigger because the laws of physics intrude rudely.

However, scaling laws show that if you scale dimensions to the power of two, the weight goes up [...]

Gov. Brown’s Hail Mary pass on Calif. budget is a fumble

Gov. Brown’s plan to have a special election in June to ask voters to extend a tax hike and approve a draconian budget now appears unlikely to occur. Special ballot measures like these either require approval by the legislature or signatures from voters. It was too late to start gathering signatures when he was [...]

Homeowners goes to prison for liar loan

But no banking executives have been indicted so far in the real estate scandal, much less convicted.