I am taking my share of responsibility
My 2-year-old son, who is smart and beautiful, loves animals. When he's reading a book about animals or seeing a nature show on TV or playing with his little plastic monkeys, cows and zebras, animals...
View ArticleDick Cheney rears his head over the Gulf disaster
You probably know that Halliburton, the contractor BP hired to cement the well, is under investigation for its role in this disaster.You may also know that Dick Cheney has ended his seclusion in a...
View ArticleThe Preamble; Fix it or Nix It?
Transportation Without Petroleum or Biofuelscopyright © 2010 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.orgAt present, oil saturates the Gulf Stream. An official six-month cessation of permits for new drilling did not...
View ArticleThe Preamble; Fix it or Nix It?
Transportation Without Petroleum or Biofuelscopyright © 2010 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.orgAt present, oil saturates the Gulf Stream. An official six-month cessation of permits for new drilling did not...
View ArticleSome thoughts on offshore drilling
Some thoughts on offshore oil drilling.... crossposted at my blog, http://lurkerspace.blogspot.com/
View ArticleBig Oil Praises Latest Obama Cave on EPA Regs.
The caves keep coming. The Obama adminstration is delaying new rules governing smog and toxic emissions from industrial boilers, and keeping the Bush standards for now. Big Oil loves it, but wants...
View ArticleStonyfield Farms using GMOs
Many of you will be familiar with the food producer known as Stonyfield Farms. They have a wide range of organic products, mostly focusing on dairy items. Now, anyone who understands plant and animal...
View ArticleTomgram: Michael Klare, Oilquake in the Middle East
There is increasing anxiety about rising oil prices, about the way in which much of Libya’s production has gone off the oil export market, and whether there may even be a new “oil shock” on its way,...
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View From Beside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
I first noticed the wind because I realized I was turning my head to the side to walk into it. I’d peak around the hood of my parka to see what was in front of me every few feet. When someone walked...
View Article$50 Imports One Year's Fuel for an Electric Car
Today, the economics of importing UO2 fuel are down to less than $50-a-year to drive a car 12,000 miles.Compare this $50 to 600 gallons of gas. At $2/gallon to import (= $85/barrel) and 20 mpg that is...
View ArticleHow We Can Import Carbon-Clean Fuel and Save $300-Billion a Year
This diary tests your knowledge of current technology.There is no magic involved. Nothing we can't buy right now. This option also has a near-zero carbon footprint.The main alternative is importing oil...
View ArticlePrelude to an Afternoon of a Gawker
It's clear that our Republican congressman are under a lot of stress at their job, trying desperately to accomplish something meaningful, and so they need a little relaxation. But not every legislator...
View ArticleMine Is Bigger Than Yours!
I'm outraged to be subjected to the Middle East spectacle of grown men playing the childish game of "Mine is bigger than yours!" On the one side are ranged the United States, Great Britain, the Sunni...
View ArticleHow the Republicans Unwittingly Guaranteed an Obama Victory in 2012
Although most of the analysis of the economic collapse of 2008 has focussed on the housing bubble and creative financial instruments these were syptoms not causes. The real estate loans and the...
View ArticleHear Energy Expert Dr. Daniel Fine on speculation, the future of oil & Gas,...
Hear Energy Expert Dr. Daniel Fine on the I Spy Radio program talking energy speculation, Shale Gas&Oil,Elections 2012 This Week on I Spy on SalemSo who's to blame for those high gas prices at the...
View ArticleMichael Klare: Oil Wars on the Horizon
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.There has been much discussion recently about the Obama administration’s “pivot”...
View ArticleNational Plug In Day, 2012
National Plug In Day will be held on Sunday, September 23, 2012, and is an unprecedented nationwide observance drawing global attention to the environmental, economic and other benefits of plug-in...
View ArticlePSA--Burning Plastic Can Kill You.
Just as a PSA-- a firefighter friend of mine was recently hospitalized for several days after responding to a fire and unknowingly inhaling hydrogen cyanide (HCN). The 'fire' was a plastic dish that an...
View ArticleGlycerol as a Biofuel.
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth“Rip down all hate,” I screamed Lies that life is black and white Spoke from my skull. I dreamed Romantic facts of musketeers Foundationed deep, somehow Ah, but I was...
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