Assembling a Vestas V90 3 MW wind turbine
Some of the next-gen offshore wind turbines are 15 MW. That’s enough to power 10,000 homes. From one turbine. Via Neatorama
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 February 2011
More arrests in insider trading case
All have ties with or were ex-managers at SAC, the real target of the investigations and a very big fish indeed. Two of those charged face long prison terms and are cooperating with prosecutors.
Health Care Reform bill contains heat-seeking missile against tax shelters
(To my knowledge, this is the first post about this anywhere. Please distribute widely. Feedback and collaboration welcome.) The HCR bill contains a rider that, by codifying and unifying recent case law, makes it much harder for tax shelters to…
The Worst Gig
Via Mike Finnigan on Facebook. He’s been on the road for 45 years playing keyboards and has a tale of his own. There are many other such tales on The Worst Gig! When I was starting out I used to…
California’s landmark climate law tentatively voided by San Francisco judge
In perhaps a startling decision from a court generally known for being liberal, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith has tentatively ruled that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) violated state law in enacting plans for reducing greenhouse gases…