Late Breaking news: President Obama announced NEW Fed Funding joint DOE/DeptAg prog. for development of biofuels SEE DE-FOA-0000657 (at this page. )
Building a Consensus
Social Media, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many more, are a good means of coming to a consensus about some ideas. What those ideas may be focused on, or how many it takes to make "a consensus" are pretty broad topics in themselves, but assuming we turn our attention to promoting "good" ideas, the consensus th
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Future of Internet Hidden in Plain Sight
Sound Bytes
I have been told by experts (including Susan Harrow) that the way to a television producer's heart is by using tasty little sound bites. That is, pithy, little nuggets that encapsulate a concept or opinion or fact in a memorable way. If you can string together a high profile, topical (especially tied to some other current news or event or seasonal item) pitch that incorporates a good sound bite or two and follow through with an interview with the producer that adds a couple more
I have been told by experts (including Susan Harrow) that the way to a television producer's heart is by using tasty little sound bites. That is, pithy, little nuggets that encapsulate a concept or opinion or fact in a memorable way. If you can string together a high profile, topical (especially tied to some other current news or event or seasonal item) pitch that incorporates a good sound bite or two and follow through with an interview with the producer that adds a couple more
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Answer to Everything (?), Exports Under-Emphasized in SOTU
Beware of the Barnums
Famous circus promoter P.T. Barnum (founder of the circus that eventually merged with its main competitor to become today's "Barnum and Bailey" circus) was clever but flaunted his lack of respect for people too dumb to avoid being deceived by his tricks of marketing. There are no shortage of unscrupulous swindlers, especially plying their skills on the internet. You have probably heard, or perhaps even laughed at those who have been duped into some sucker scheme to flee
Famous circus promoter P.T. Barnum (founder of the circus that eventually merged with its main competitor to become today's "Barnum and Bailey" circus) was clever but flaunted his lack of respect for people too dumb to avoid being deceived by his tricks of marketing. There are no shortage of unscrupulous swindlers, especially plying their skills on the internet. You have probably heard, or perhaps even laughed at those who have been duped into some sucker scheme to flee
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Japan's Great Leap Forward, Feedstocks are Key to Green Company Values
Kyocera Announces Solar Storage for the Home
Apparently motivated, in part at least, by the Fukushima nuclear power disaster of last year, Japan has created legislation that permits "feed-in tariffs" for independent (including "home grown") electric energy generation to be added to the national (or regional) grid power system(s). Home energy backup systems is a major perceived demand in Japan, at least according to Kyocera who are using batteries from Samsung along with solar panel arrays to
Apparently motivated, in part at least, by the Fukushima nuclear power disaster of last year, Japan has created legislation that permits "feed-in tariffs" for independent (including "home grown") electric energy generation to be added to the national (or regional) grid power system(s). Home energy backup systems is a major perceived demand in Japan, at least according to Kyocera who are using batteries from Samsung along with solar panel arrays to
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Another Simple Energy Strategy: HSR
High Speed Rail
A recent discussion on a LinkedIn.com forum prompted me to add this response.
A number that gets bandied about a lot is that US$700 Billion which was allocated by the George W. Bush Administration as TARP Funds; loans to banks which had backed "toxic" assets. But let's imagine we can erase past "mistakes" and re-allocate that amount to High Speed Rail (HSR). China has already built 4000 miles of high speed rail tracks according to at least one report I have seen. Now for s
A recent discussion on a LinkedIn.com forum prompted me to add this response.
A number that gets bandied about a lot is that US$700 Billion which was allocated by the George W. Bush Administration as TARP Funds; loans to banks which had backed "toxic" assets. But let's imagine we can erase past "mistakes" and re-allocate that amount to High Speed Rail (HSR). China has already built 4000 miles of high speed rail tracks according to at least one report I have seen. Now for s
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tell Congress: STOP SOPA, STOP PIPA
Urgent appeal: SSP ("Stop Stupid Politicians")
I am sure that somewhere, sometime, someone imagined that a "representative democracy" would be comprised of representatives who were the best and brightest, the most altruistic and incorruptible human beings in a society. (Okay, when you stop laughing at the naivety of that concept ... keep reading this could be important to you and everyone's future.)
Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress with the short titles SOPA and
I am sure that somewhere, sometime, someone imagined that a "representative democracy" would be comprised of representatives who were the best and brightest, the most altruistic and incorruptible human beings in a society. (Okay, when you stop laughing at the naivety of that concept ... keep reading this could be important to you and everyone's future.)
Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress with the short titles SOPA and
Monday, January 9, 2012
Green EXPORTS Development Bank (I proposed in Foreign Policy reply)
Foreign Policy Special Report
In Foreign Policy Magazine 's website here is a "special report" written by World Bank chief economist and senior vice president for development economics, Justin Yefu Lin, he suggests that $1 Trillion needs to be invested in development of infrastructure around the world, and that the need is urgent. In fact he says, in his final paragraph (and I heartily agree):
It's time for rich and poor countries alike to join hands to literally build the future. Infras
In Foreign Policy Magazine 's website here is a "special report" written by World Bank chief economist and senior vice president for development economics, Justin Yefu Lin, he suggests that $1 Trillion needs to be invested in development of infrastructure around the world, and that the need is urgent. In fact he says, in his final paragraph (and I heartily agree):
It's time for rich and poor countries alike to join hands to literally build the future. Infras
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