House passes the granduosly named American recovery and reinvestment plan, and, it is irrelevant at this point. For this plan is not far sighted enough nor does it change the game in any way. But don’t blame the president for this, for he was just working with in the boundaries of consitution. Fact is this [...]
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American recovery and reinvestment plan…. Whatever!
Posted in Economy, Energy technology, Environment, Environmentalism, Financial Markets, Incidental-musing, Investment, Legislation, Media, Stockmarket, Technology, Thought-Trails, tagged American recovery and reinvestment plan, Broadband internet access, Conservative Economists, Depression, Economic Depression, Financial Markets, Global depression, Global Economy, Global Recession, Green Energy, High speed rail roads in US, House, Hybrid cars, John Kenneth Galbraith, Liberal Economists, Main Street, National Power grid, Senate, stock markets, Tax breaks, Tax cuts, US Economy, US House of representatives, US Infrastructure, US Politics, US recession, US Senate, world economy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A $ a watt solar panels, will this approach work?
Posted in Energy technology, Environment, Technology, tagged , energy generation, Google, Nanosolar, Solar power on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This news story from infoworld talks about a technology startup working on a dollar a watt solar panels. Interestingly google founders back this company according to articles on CNET and nytimes.
At this price, solar power is supposedly cheaper than coal.
Points to ponder:
1. Does this pricing scheme include power delivery systems also?
2. What are the variables [...]
So where should climate change efforts start from?
Posted in Environment, Incidental-musing, Legislation, tagged california climate legislation, Climate change, Environmental Protection Agency on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This would be amusing if it were not so loathsome.
Kyoto protocol was not ratified for eons literally, which could have hopefully made a difference to our environment. Bali summit dragged on and on, discussing what to discuss in the next round of discussions. Now, Federal administration refuses to allow California to enact its own environmental [...]
