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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 October 2009
Pneumonia and swine flu
Many of the problems and complications of swine flu are due to pneumonia. Sue and I recently got standard pneumonia vaccinations which protects against most of the common strains. It certainly can’t hurt. It also appears that we’ve both had…
Canadian grocery chain to use leftovers to generate electricity
Loblaw’s will now send scraps from their 47 stores to StormFisher biogas plants to be converted into energy. Not only does this cut down on carbon emissions, it creates a new revenue stream from something that previously had to be…
How Moody’s sold its ratings — and sold out investors
A McClatchy investigation has found that Moody’s punished executives who questioned why the company was risking its reputation by putting its profits ahead of providing trustworthy ratings for investment offerings. This is just more proof, if any still is needed,…
Offshore wind turbines that also create power from waves
Principle Power just got a grant from DOE to add wave power to its floating offshore wind turbines. The video shows existing turbines, to which they will add wave power capability.