Archive for August, 2008

McCain’s VP Choice Prefers the Dark Ages »

Pesky Scientists Ruining Our Good Time - AGAIN
There are an estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears in the Arctic, but scientists from the US Geological Survey predict that two thirds of the world’s bears will disappear in the next 50 years because of a decline in the Arctic sea ice.
In a stark warning last year, scientists at [...]

iLuv Dual Dock Alarm Clock Compatible with iPhone 3G »

Luv iMM173 Features Advanced User Interface, Dual Dock Capabilities, jAura Sound Technology and Full Apple “Works With iPhone” Certification
PORT WASHINGTON, NY – (August 26, 2008) - iLuv, the leader in innovative audio solutions, announces the iMM173, Hi-Fi Dual Dock Alarm Clock for your iPhone / iPod. The iMM173 will be available Worldwide in early September 2008 for [...]

In Wales, Old Coal Power Plant Now Solar »

Coal power plants, by utilizing the same turbines used by coal to generate electricity,  can utilize solar to produce 15%-60% of the electricity. Mirrors, called fresnal reflectors capture the sun’s rays and heat water in a large tube. Steam lines deliver the solar energy to the adjacent coal power plant to turn the turbines. 
“There’s a real [...]

Network Would Underpin New Electric Car Plan »

Prior to his current “mission”, Shai Agassi, age 38,worked for SAP, the world’s largest maker of enterprise software.  Agassi believes it just might be possible to get the entire world off oil. For good.  The problem, he decided, was oil-consuming, CO2-spewing cars. The solution was to get rid of them. Not just some, and not just by [...]

Corsi Bashes McCain »

Jerome Corsi, who Swift-boated John Kerry as co-author of ‘Unfit to Command’ in 2004 and who is trying to do the same to Obama in his newly minted best seller, ‘The Obama Nation.’
About the same time his book came out (now a number one best seller), I received an email from a friend entitled “Not [...]

Big Oil Hits New Highs and New Lows »

A recent article by CNN suggests that Big OIl is at it again, spending huge amounts of money to make sure their record breaking profits stay in tact.  In what may be surprising to some, the most recent figures from the Center for Responsive Politics show that the oil industry gives a relatively small sum to [...]

Bush Accuses Russia of Being a “Bully” »

In Washington, President Bush chided Russia on Friday for Cold War-style behavior, saying, “bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.”
Bush said the United States stands “with the people of Georgia and their democratically elected government.” He said the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity “must be respected.”
“We will [...]

Corporations Give New Meaning to ‘Tax Free’ »

I knew that Corporations were encroaching more and more on our so called ‘democracy’ (closer to  ”corporate-fascism” me thinks), what with the Bush Administration throwing them a bone at every opportunity.  But this is nuts: now the primary burdon of keeping our country fiscally operationally is on us, the “litte guy”.  Are you ready to shoulder that [...]

“American Spirit” Alive and Well »

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)  Larry Horsley and David Kennington are fed up. They’re among a growing number of Americans who are refusing to wait for big-car manufacturers to deliver mainstream electric vehicles, called EVs. Not only have they rebelled against the status quo by ripping out their gas-guzzling engines and replacing them with zero-emission electric motors, [...]

They Don’t Make’m Like They Used To: Car Logs 1.3M Miles »

A Kansas man drives a 1983 Lincoln Towncar - forever!  The odometer just turned over 1,300,000 miles. He loves his car, and who can blame him; it gets about 22 mpg on the highway, and it has never broken down.  That car doesn’t owe him a dime, thats for sure. 
Now, lets talk about “planned obsolecence“.  [...]