Bob Morris on May 24, 2011, 5:30 am This use of the landfill gas will reduce GM’s energy costs by $1.1 million a year and cut the amount of greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides released into the atmosphere. The more we can turn trash into energy, the better off we will be. Bob Morris on May 24, 2011, 12:45 am Some environmentalists say trash-burning for power isn’t as clean as wind of solar. But it certainly beats dumping trash in landfills, doesn’t it? So it deserves at least a partial renewables credit. Bob Morris on May 23, 2011, 8:30 pm Cedar City UT is known for subsidence areas, places where the ground can move. The front of our duplex probably dropped about 1/2 an inch causing cracks at drywall seams especially in the garages, as well as some doors being harder to close, that sort of thing. So we’re fixing it. The contractor [...] Bob Morris on May 23, 2011, 3:48 pm They cite inhumane, unconstitutional living conditionsdue to overcrowding as the reason why. California has known since 1996 that this decision could happen and has done precious little in the intervening fifteen years to be proactive and fix the problem before it becomes a crisis. This is standard operating procedure for California. Pretend a crisis isn’t [...] Bob Morris on May 23, 2011, 12:57 pm CIA agent Mark Zuckerberg was praised by the CIA for creating Facebook, because it makes monitoring you, your activities and friends, and current location so much simpler. Bob Morris on May 23, 2011, 8:15 am Our political and financial systems are increasingly becoming indistinguishable from organized crime. Seriously. I mean, they’re barely bothering to hide it. Both parties are awash in those concealed bribes called campaign contributions. Financial executives who committed multiple serious felonies are not prosecuted. The federal government bails out out insolvent institutions then gives them sweetheart [...] Bob Morris on May 23, 2011, 1:33 am The ruling Socialist Party got clocked in Spain, as their student revolts continue to grow. Merkel’s party has worst defeat since 1959. People are saying No to being told to bailout the banksters. Bob Morris on May 22, 2011, 9:15 pm SolarReserve has received a conditional commitment for a $737 million loan guarantee from DoE to build a 110 MW 24 hour a day solar thermal plant in Tonopah, NV. Solar thermal creates power by using heliostats to focus the sun at a central receiver and stores energy for future use in molten salt. Thus, this [...] Bob Morris on May 22, 2011, 4:23 pm This was done specifically as a protest against Federal Reserve policy. Further, sales of bullion are now exempt from state capital gains tax in Utah. At least eleven other states are considering similar laws. This is a populist revolt, no question about it. Will the Feds try to stop it? We shall see. [...] Bob Morris on May 22, 2011, 11:40 am Credit: Immersia, GNU Free Documentation License A comprehensive new analysis of water use in biofuel crop production finds that jatropha, an oil-rich plant championed for its ability to grow in arid regions where food crops cannot, is the biggest water hog of them all. Even worse, growing jatropha drives up food prices because it [...] | IVN articles by Bob Morris
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