Month February 2009

Sun moves backwards in sky

AZ AG talks legalizing drugs and gun control Why? Because of the raging drug wars on the Mexico-US border. 90% of weapons recovered in Mexico are smuggled in from the US. So, they smuggle drugs one way and guns the…

Alaska gets 24% of its power renewably

They want to make it 50% by 2025. After all, Alaska has huge renewable energy resources just waiting; tidal, wave, and wind. So the state has pledged $300 million in grant money for renewable energy in the next five years.…

The biggest consumer of online porn is .. Utah

Followed by other Religious Right states. I’d say such folks are seriously conflicted. Residents of 27 states that passed laws banning gay marriages boasted 11% more porn subscribers than states that don’t explicitly restrict gay marriage. “One natural hypothesis is…

The Sixth Revolution: The Coming of Cleantech

Beacon Power energy storing flywheel That’s what Merrill Lynch calls it in an investor’s advisory (PDF), prompting Alternative Energy Stocks to comment that our current times bears resemblance to the opening of Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities, “It was…

Channel stuffing conviction. More coming

Channel stuffing is when companies inflate their revenue by pushing more into distribution channels than can be sold. The retailers return much of it later, after the company has recorded it as profits  (and may have gotten sweetheart deals or…