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Forget local fracking, let's drill, baby, drill

Forget local fracking, let's drill, baby, drillSo Russia drops a flag in an area and claims sovereignty over the area?I guess the United States own the moon.RE: Forget local fracking, let's drill, baby, drillArctic sovereignty claims are just a bit more complicated than dropping a flag. Millions upon hundreds...

Tags: fracking, local fracking, drill

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

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Are we acting like silly fuels?

There is a steady flow of news these days about the drawbacks of our energy "system." The bad news seems to flow like...greenhouse gas, or even coal ash during a downpour. America's natural gas reserves are increasing as more and more deposits are found. The catch: fracking...

Tags: Coal Ash, Telecom & Utilities, Wiki, Online Communications, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Is there a green fossil fuel?

The natural gas interests are interested in the being the first choice fuel in the American future. A report just issued from the Potential Gas Committee sure makes natural gas look like the best potential fuel for generating electricity in coming decades. The U.S. is actually adding to...

Tags: Coal, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Natural Gas Interest, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-18

News to know: Windows 7; Google Wave in enterprise; SaaS in Europe; Wordcamp;

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. Andrew Mager: Live: Wordcamp 2009 Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft sees sense,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Storage, Software As A Service (SaaS), Hardware, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Forget local fracking, let's drill, baby, drill

There's a sandpile full of natural gas under the Gulf of Mexico. Does that signal the next energy bubble or what? This would get around any complaints of fracking on land, no humans live out there. Today the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed findings that there is considerable...

Tags: U.S., Gulf Of Mexico, Natural Gas, USGS, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-29

Are we getting fracked?

Are we getting fracked?Go and wash your mouth with soap.It sure sounds like it should be a swear word.Frack you. Fracking this or that.Frack off.What the frack.Sounds OK eh? If you're really pissed off?RE: Are we getting fracked?Same word as commonly used on Battlestar Galactica new series to denote sexual...

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Discussion threads 2009-05-27

Are we getting fracked?

New word for your energy tech vocab: "fracking." It is the practice of using hydaulic pressure and chemicals to get inderground natural gas to the surface where it can be piped and marketed. And it's one more costly energy practice that is highly political. Our relative abundant...

Tags: Natural Gas, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores

Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail storesWhat's Microsoft going to sell?Windows 7. Office. Anything else? Oh. Mice. Anything else?Well.....by the time they set up displays of their eleventeen versions of Windows, there won't be much room left for anything else, will there?Maybe they could use one...

Tags: Retail, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., own family, retail company

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Ban on monthly Net access taxes faces obstacles

Ban on monthly Net access taxes faces obstaclesPowerful LobbyistsSenator Wyden blames the possible demise of a no-tax solution on powerful allies (or lobbyists.) That is unfortunately very far from the truth. The real truth is the demise will come from the powerful apathy-ists.There's enough citizens out there that...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Sales strategy, Vertical industries, Internet shopping, tax, subsidy, government, sales tax, sales, Internet access

Discussion threads 2007-04-17

What is the future of podcasts?

What is the future of podcasts?I bought an iPod just for podcastsYes, I know I can listen to them on my computer. I did listen to a few before buying.Yes, I know it's an "old-fashioned" one-to-many broadcast model. Except that it isn't. I'm not locked into a broadcaster's schedule. I'm...

Tags: Podcasts, podcast

Discussion threads 2006-04-24