A Proud Moment (or two)
I am in good company, because, ”I Believe in ZERO” that is an anti-hunger campaign sponsored in part by Alyssa Milano, or at least supported by her, and lots of other fairly famous Hollywood stars (Lary Fishburn, Lisa Liu, Mia Farrow) who appear in a 30 Public service Announcement that appears on her web site, though the program it is promoting is actually the UNICEF program. You know the one you probably either took our yourself on Halloween, or sent your kids
Friday, July 23, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
John Henry Doesn't Stand a Chance Today
For any of you young enough not to recognize the reference in the title, it harkens back to the early days of mechanization and automation of the labor force during the industrial revolution of the 19th century. Specifically there is a tale of a man, probably a slave, who himself was legendary for using a heavy (9 pound) sledge hammer to drive spikes into railroad ties to hold the new rails in place as the railroads were first crossing the North American continent. John Henry was pitted agai
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Obama and Congress Can't Afford to Coast into Recess
My apologies that some of this is duplication of something I wrote elsewhere, but I think the point is important enough that I want all of my readers to see it.
I fear that the Obama administration and both Houses of Congress have actually given up on getting any legislation of substance passed before the August recess, and that would be a mistake the proportions of which we haven't seen in .... well, since the same dumb move last August when they failed to press the advantage that they had
I fear that the Obama administration and both Houses of Congress have actually given up on getting any legislation of substance passed before the August recess, and that would be a mistake the proportions of which we haven't seen in .... well, since the same dumb move last August when they failed to press the advantage that they had
Monday, July 12, 2010
Eucalyptus praised for UK Biomass - See Biomass Conference:Berlin, Sept 13&14, 2010
IN RESPONSE TO:
http://industryintel.com/iiBlog/index.cfm?event=read.blog&id=2528907288&goback=.amf_1773692_27666388.gde_1773692_member_23924436
Not every climate or location will find it easy to culitvate any particular species of vegetation, but there are currently strains of algae that grow in Antarctic waters BELOW 0 degree Celsius (due to the salt content of the sea water) and others that grow in the bubbling "hot spring" geysers of Yellowstone Park, almost everywhere else is
http://industryintel.com/iiBlog/index.cfm?event=read.blog&id=2528907288&goback=.amf_1773692_27666388.gde_1773692_member_23924436
Not every climate or location will find it easy to culitvate any particular species of vegetation, but there are currently strains of algae that grow in Antarctic waters BELOW 0 degree Celsius (due to the salt content of the sea water) and others that grow in the bubbling "hot spring" geysers of Yellowstone Park, almost everywhere else is
Eucalyptus praised for UK Biomass - See Biomass Conference:Berlin, Sept 13&14, 2010
IN RESPONSE TO:
http://industryintel.com/iiBlog/index.cfm?event=read.blog&id=2528907288&goback=.amf_1773692_27666388.gde_1773692_member_23924436
Not every climate or location will find it easy to culitvate any particular species of vegetation, but there are currently strains of algae that grow in Antarctic waters BELOW 0 degree Celsius (due to the salt content of the sea water) and others that grow in the bubbling "hot spring" geysers of Yellowstone Park, almost everywhere else is
http://industryintel.com/iiBlog/index.cfm?event=read.blog&id=2528907288&goback=.amf_1773692_27666388.gde_1773692_member_23924436
Not every climate or location will find it easy to culitvate any particular species of vegetation, but there are currently strains of algae that grow in Antarctic waters BELOW 0 degree Celsius (due to the salt content of the sea water) and others that grow in the bubbling "hot spring" geysers of Yellowstone Park, almost everywhere else is
Knight and Day, Tax Credits:NO, Mandates:YES, Corn Ethanol v. Algae Fuels
Mandates vs. Tax Credits
We, especially here in the USA, seem to get money and politics so tightly entwined that we mistake money for policy. Yes, incentives can be useful, but as Vinod Khosla says, if an industry cannot be economically viable within a reasonable time frame (I seem to recall he was thinking 5 to 7 years) then it doesn't deserve continuing support. Perhaps fissile nuclear energy does deserve special considerations because of the "dangers" of both misappropriation for illegi
We, especially here in the USA, seem to get money and politics so tightly entwined that we mistake money for policy. Yes, incentives can be useful, but as Vinod Khosla says, if an industry cannot be economically viable within a reasonable time frame (I seem to recall he was thinking 5 to 7 years) then it doesn't deserve continuing support. Perhaps fissile nuclear energy does deserve special considerations because of the "dangers" of both misappropriation for illegi
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