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What’s More Important Than Saving the Planet?
This poster is just part of the propagandaThe Scam of Energy IndependenceBy Juan Cole John McCain keeps talking about making the US “energy independent.” Robert Bryce points out that it is impossible for the United States to be energy independent … Continue reading
The Compromise ‘Drill Anywhere’ Plan
‘Joe Sixpack will never notice the effect of any oil recovered from these areas’By Dean Baker / August 4, 2008 Senator McCain and the Republicans in Congress are calling Senator Obama and the Democrats environmental wimps for refusing to allow … Continue reading
The Tire-Gauge Solution : No Joke
‘We can use significantly less energy without significantly changing our lifestyle’By Thomas Cleaver / August 5, 2008 God, a week to prove my great-grand-uncle who was Harry Truman’s “Eminence Grise” right: “The only ‘Good Republicans’ are pushing up daisies.” They … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Energy Conservation, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing
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Solar Power Breakthrough Stores Energy for Later Use
MIT’s Daniel Nocera.‘Now we can seriously think about solar power as unlimited and soon’August 2, 2008 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Within 10 years, homeowners could power their homes in daylight with solar photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce … Continue reading
Drawn and Quartered
John Deering / The Arkansas Democrat-GazetteThe Rag Blog
James Ridgeway on the Rush to Nuclear Power
Nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France.Recent radioactive leaks in France provide a cautionary tale for America’s ‘nuclear renaissance.’ By James Ridgeway / July 29, 2008 As gasoline prices rise along with global temperatures, the nuclear energy bandwagon is gaining momentum, … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, France, Nuclear Contamination, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste
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The Big Green Bus: Ex-Diesel Goes Veggie
‘Spreading the green gospel’By Patrick Pfeiffer / July 27, 2008 “Either you’re on the bus or you’re off the bus,” was the hackneyed statement proposed to me by three members of Dartmouth College’s Big Green Bus; an ex-diesel goes veggie … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Energy, Environment, Greenhouse Gasses, Transportation
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NetRoots Nation: Al Gore Blasts Oil Drilling
Al Gore speaks out against drilling for oil as a wrongheaded attempt to address America’s energy crisis at Netroots Nation in Austin, Texas. The Rag Blog
That Has the Ring of Truth to It
The US economy has been on the verge of recession as it combats a massive national debt, a housing crisis and the declining strength of the dollar [GALLO/GETTY] Dumping (and dumping on) the DollarBy Dale C. / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Silver Lining Dept : The Upside of $4 Gas
Five Reasons to Love $4 GasJuly 16, 2008 Sure, it’s ruining the global economy and making everyone miserable, but there’s an underappreciated upside to the high price of oil. 1. The mass transit boom What’s happening: From 2000 to 2005, … Continue reading
Don’t Ignore Those Strange, Dissonant Words
Lies, kidnapping and a mysterious laptopBy Johann Hari / July 7, 2008 You have been told that the Venezuelan President supports the Farc thugs Sometimes you hear a stray sentence on the news that makes you realise you have been … Continue reading
Drawn and Quartered
Manny Aenlle Francisco / The Manila Times / Manila, The PhilippinesThe Rag Blog / Posted July 7, 2008
