Algae farm for biodiesel
Shell Oil plans to farm algae off the coast of Kona, Hawaii to create biodiesel in a test project. Yes, the OilCos live in both worlds. But even ExxonMobil is now making serious moves into renewables. Good. Moving to clean,…
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 December 2007
The “new progressive movement”?
Moon of Alabama has a fine rant on the “new progressive movement” which appears to be faint bubblings from within liberaldom concerned that its leaders in DC are either comatose or ignoring them. If you want to broaden your voter…
Bloomberg makes his move
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a potential independent candidate for president, has scheduled a meeting next week with a dozen leading Democrats and Republicans, who will join him in challenging the major-party contenders to spell out their plans for…
Privatopia
John Robb delivers a report from 2025 detailing how the US government has become completely privatized. The goal of this brief is to get people thinking about the future in a way that helps them make decisions today. In such…
Security implications of global climate change
In August 2007, a Russian adventurer descended 4,300 meters under the thinning ice of th North Pole to plant a titanium flag, claiming some 1.2 million square kilometers of the Arctic for mother Russia. Not to be outdone, the Prime…