Month June 2011

Should Transition Movement ignore politics?

Some background. Transition United States succintly states their assumptions. That life with dramatically lower energy consumption is inevitable, and that it’s better to plan for it than to be taken by surprise. That our communities currently lack resilience. That we…

Atomic Testing Museum. Blatant propaganda

You’d think the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, since it is an affiliate of the Smithsonian, would present a balanced view of the atomic testing in Nevada during the 1950’s, especially since the tests were deliberately done on days…

Geothermal powers 20% of Reno during the day

At night, geothermal production meets 50% of Reno’s needs. Geothermal is reliable and steady, producing power 24 Pumps pull 6,000 gallons of water a minute out of reservoirs 3,000 feet below the surface. The water, naturally heated by geologic forces…

Utah.gov websites provide real value for citizens

Craig Newmark of Craigslist details the amazing job Utah has done with their new state websites. The changes include a common look-and-feel across all sites, auto-sensing for mobile devices, context-sensitive searches, crowdsourcing and geotagging, and much more. Okay, the deal…

Polizeros podcast tonight

Topics: Who are the global warming deniers? Greece financial crisis. Irish are 10 billion euros in the red due to fall in tax revenue, now want to be sharia-compliant financial center of Europe (you read that right.) Syria barbarity. Western-backed…