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Scary study on how lack of IPOs is harming US economy

The cart before the horse?With low skilled/educated labor and low negative savings rate, I don't think the ingredients for a fundamental rebound exist in the US. I guess Wall Street would like to continue to be able to fleece us, but hopefully, being taken once is enough for most investors....

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, economic destruction, same policy, IPO, carbon tax, USSR, socialist

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Buy 3PAR storage, they'll buy a carbon offset certificate

WTFSeriously... "Carbon Offsets" is a scam in itself. This is beyond insane. You want to be "green", that's fine with me, but once they start imposing mandatory carbon taxes on anyone that's still dumb enough to manufacture things in the United States, it will just be another hidden tax...

Tags: Desktops, 3PARData Inc., carbon tax, storage

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Hybrids not selling either

Hybrids not selling eitherWaste of money and a trickThe entire environmental whacko green movement is based on a lie.RE: Hybrids not selling eitherIf there is no money, it doesn't matter what your selling, it won't sell (you bunch of dummy's!)I agree.While I think it's important to try and minimize our...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Tesla Motor, Carbon tax, tax, car, green technology, environment

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Additional Resources

Pre-Copenhagen climate talks end in Barcelona

Who could he be talking about?How about the 57% of people in America who don't buy carbon emissions causing global warming?Looks like the other "vested interests" needs to step up their re-education regime, er, I mean, need to do more "raising awareness."Lies told to control populationOh yeah, look at Al...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Kevin Rudd

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Climate change denial: only in America? Then, there's global cooling...

You don't want to know that the BBC,the most listened to source of news in the English language, is reporting on global cooling?There you go again, HarryYou almost made it - a whole week without enviro-whacko. But you didn't make it...Sad...Reading AssignmentPlease, take a look. Page 10 might enlighten...

Tags: climate change, Climate Change Denial, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Apple leaves Chamber of Commerce in green dispute

Cap and TAX dramatically increases green house gassesGood for the chamber of commerce to have their eyes open. All this energy tax legislation does is move energy consuming manufacturing off shore to countries where the production of that energy is dramatically more pollution producing. Apple needs to pull it's head...

Tags: Apple Inc., Obama, manufacturing

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...

Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Big carbon emitters fighting two wars simultaneously in America

ZDNet is a tech site.nt.To be more specific:this is a computer tech site. This is not a political forum for non-computer related rants by treehuggers and tax-increasing socialists. I am pointing out that Fuller's Gaia-licking & definitely political blogs are out of place here.And, tech will be a big part...

Tags: carbon, carbon emitter

Discussion threads 2009-10-03

Global warming: relax, nothing is going to happen

RE: Global warming: relax, nothing is going to happen...When a leading proponent for one point of view suddenly starts batting for the other side, it's usually newsworthy.So why was a speech last week by Prof. Mojib Latif of Germany's Leibniz Institute not given more prominence?Latif is one of the leading...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Hey, deniers, is hotter oceans not part of global warming? Just another hoax?

hmm...I'd like to see Christian come and spread his 'czarist' nonsense on this page >.>Thanks for pointing out the 1998 flaw by the way =)Another non-researched postYou make claims based solely upon a news report without actually researching the data.Try this and learn something:www.drroyspencer.com/2009/08 and read the article titled "Spurious...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

U.S. still thumbing its nose at global warming agreements

I live in Japanand according to one discussion panel TV program here, the cost to the average household of Mr. Hatoyama's wonderful buttering-up of the alarmist regime will be around US$3,950 per household - seriously; for a theory being treated as fact I can see the real danger for my...

Tags: Taxes, global warming, tax

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

denial:global warming=creationism:evolution?

Wow!This is the first time 100% have agreed with me for a microsecond!RE: denial:global warming=creationism:evolution?Somebody hasn't done their homework on the Scope's trial. Just a quick overview; 1) The Scopes trial was sponsored by the ACLU (they wanted to test the Butler (anti-Darwinism act) in the court system;2) John Scopes...

Tags: global warming, American Civil Liberties Union, Dover

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Colbert heats up global warming

Too funnySo, 350ppm means certain environmental disaster? And we're already above that? Hmmm...Back to the drawing board...I really REALLY resent the Chicken Littles running around screaming their heads off, and I'm gradually getting the feeling that, even if originally well-intentioned, they can't see the forest for the trees.What...

Tags: disclamer, Colbert, global warming, scientific community, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Locavore: more than a matter of taste

There was a good discussion on NPR of the locavore trend among some people. Does the carbon footprint of the food matter? How bad is the negative environmental impact of American farm subsidies? Money for corn and rice, not for tomatoes or blueberries. Why is meat-eating so...

Tags: Food, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-21

Don't inhale...those emissions wafting in from China

Two ThingsOne: Please spell check things before you upload them. Expensive is spelled incorrectly on your post.Two: The general problem we have with China is that the investment in disposal does not exist. If they even spent a quarter of what we do on disposal, we would most likely not...

Tags: methane, landfill, greenhouse gas

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Chevy Volt: 230 mpg in city driving; Are you a buyer?

Why the focus on MPG for an electric vehicle?The real question is: How much in increased electricity costs will one incur from recharging this vehicle "at least once a day"?That plus the added price tagare warning me away from this. If I thought I could save money versus buying a...

Tags: car, mpg, battery

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Opt Me Out! The United States Postal Service Needs an Overhaul

The volume of physical spam I receive, aka junk mail, is now becoming an absolutely intolerable situation. Nothing less than a complete overhaul of the entire US Postal Service is in order. My friend and colleague David Strom, over at his site Strominator.com,...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., U.S. Postal Service, Web Site Development, Cyberthreats, Web Technology, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Cash for clunkers: one man's story

THIS FROM AN EMAIL I JUST RECEIVED FROM ZDNET READER: I reluctantly traded a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria 24/32 mpg (city/highway)for a VW Jetta TDI which is supposed to get 29/41 mpg but actually delivers 38/50 mpg. I bought the Crown Vic used in 1991 with 10,000 miles and I...

Tags: Income, Ford Motor Co., Government, Personal Finance, Taxes, E-mail, Insurance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Operational Accounting, Finance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Brrrrm! Brrrrm! Brammo makes a little noise.

American electric motorcycle maker, Brammo, has built in sound to its vehicle. The chips that manage the operation of this electric motorcycle will create sounds to let folks know you're there. There's a special sound for the acceleration from zero to 10 MPH. You can then customize your...

Tags: Cycle, Motorcycle, Brammo, Enertia, Valence, Chasis, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Engineering, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-17

We don't know what we don't know

We don't know what we don't knowShock! I thought the debate was over...You mean we really don't know everything? You mean we have no idea why more and more reliable scientific studies show that we are currently in a global cooling trend? You mean we don't know why there has...

Tags: carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-07-14