Let the “new fiscal year” layoffs begin
Last day on the job for dozens of San Jose employees July to June is a governmental fiscal year. May be a blood bath nationwide.
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 August 2010
Porsche 911 Spyder hybrid
0-60 in 3.2 seconds. 500 hp V-8 plus 218 more hp from two electric motors. 7-speed transmission. 4 different driving modes, including pure electric. Yours for just $630,000. (Ouch.)
BP BSOD leaves Gulf SOOL
The computer used to monitor Deepwater Horizon drilling had been locking up for months with a Blue Screen of Death. and when that happened, no data about the well was available.
Solar energy now costs less than nuclear energy
A new report out of Duke University says that solar energy and nuclear energy have passed a “historic crossover,” where decreasing solar energy costs and increasing nuclear energy costs have met, and then parted. Solar energy is now cheaper than…
Salton Sea could become lithium treasure trove
It’s baking hot in the summer at the Salton Sea, a large inland salt water lake in California that often smells of dead fish. It is a genuinely weird and strange place. But a mining company thinks they might be…