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Colbert heats up global warming

The Colbert Report interviewed author Bill McKibben. He mentioned the 350PPM standard, and now the UN's Nobel Prize winning climate scientist has endorsed that standard. So here's what happened. McKibben has written Deep Economy, The End of Nature, and Fight Global Warming Now. He's a big...

Tags: Global Warming, McKibben, IPCC, 35Oppm, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-25

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350 or bust?

350.org has proclaimed October 24 a day of action on global warming. They are basking in the recent publicity garnered from Bill McKibben's appearance on Colbert. Colbert! Remember when "Sixty Minutes" or "Time's" cover actually in the world of publicity? If you google 350 Colbert...

Tags: Publicity, 350.org, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-26

Will greentech investors discover food?

The first known death in the U.S. from the current round of infulenza has been reported. This swine flu bruhaha adds ammunition to arguments of those who favor more humane farming methods. The poor pigs may be getting a bad rap on "swine flu." There's no evidence...

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

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Confronting Congressional hypocrisy

We all know that members of Congress live sheltered lives. Secure dining areas. Federally-paid staff with plenty of job benefits. Great health insurance and access to perks and junkets on "official" business. Now some anti-coal groups are going to bring home the hypocrisy of both political...

Tags: Coal, U.S. Congress, Hypocrisy, Cable, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-25

AP: Cities losing millions on Wi-Fi

In a sad tale of dashed hopes, many cities across the country are struggling to pay back loans on wireless infrastructure that never materialized, reports the Associated Press.A typical story is that of Lompoc, CA, which poured $3 million into a system that less than 4,000 people signed up...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband

Blog posts 2007-05-22

2007 Old Fart awards

That revolutionary bible of innovation, instigation and investment is at it again. The May issue of Wired gives us its 2007 Rave Awards for the "innovators, instigators and investors who are changing the world". 2007 Rave Award winners include J.K. Rowling Business, Arianna Huffington Renegade, Arnold Schwarzenegger Politics and Henry...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Singularity: Technology, spirituality and the close box

Singularity: Technology, spirituality and the close boxLove, marriage and sex with AI-based robotsI agree with the gist of Ray Kurzweil's prognosis for the future, a future in which AI will dramatically change the lives and opportunities for the majority of people on our planet. One topic within this area that...

Tags: Robots, robot

Discussion threads 2006-05-15

Singularity: Technology, spirituality and the close box

Ray Kurzweil responded to various critiques and questions, and stuck to his PowerPoint slides of datapoints that convey his Singularity theory. He emphasized that because of the accelerating pace of change, technology will be able to solve all problems, from the practical problems of climate change and energy efficiency to...

Tags: Kurzweil, Singularity

Blog posts 2006-05-13