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- NIMBY, but I still want the electricity
- NIMBY, but I still want the electricityPower for what? no punPower for what? More data transmission? The U.S. has been systematically transferring its manufacturing capability overseas for decades and that is now increasing exponentially. In many industries a U.S. company wanting to produce a product has no choice but to...
- Tags: manufacturing, nimby, young people, clothing manufacturing
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- Things that Retard
- Things that RetardHumans, what a crockWarning, personality discussion using Myers-Briggs MBTI terminology follows:Let me put this in Personality perspective. J-types (50% of the general population) ABHOR change! These people invest too much time in their box to destroy it and start over. OTOH, SP-types could care less and don't think...
- Tags: microsoft windows, operating systems, nimby, general population
- Discussion threads 2006-06-19
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- Fired up for new coal plant in Virginia
- Fired up for new coal plant in VirginiaCoal in Tampa BayWe've got coal here as well. Since moving here, they've put scrubbers on it and other sort of things to clean the exhaust. It's not my favorite type of power generation, but it has the benefit of buffering...
- Tags: middle eastern oil, coal
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- No nuces is good nucs? Blogosphere begs to differ with this blogger, as usual
- No nuces is good nucs? Blogosphere begs to differ with this blogger, as usualNuclear water useAs a pro-nuclear blogger working at Idaho Samizdat http://djysrv.blogspot.com, I get the question all the time about water use. It's important to note you walked into a current controversy over water use by...
- Tags: blogging, nei, blogosphere, nuclear plant, fission
- Discussion threads 2008-01-26
- Brace yourself: here's some hopeful news
- Map showing Foula's location, courtesy of UK's Joint Nature Conservation Commission. First, there's a proposal from scientists that more gardening globally and more farming could help with the problem of carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. Planting beans to save life as we've known it....
- Tags: renewable energy, plant, telecom & utilities, government, harry fuller
- Blog posts 2008-01-13
- NIMBY, but I still want the electricity
- There are some modern tehcnologies that can be wireless, especially digital tech from radio and TV to data and Internet. Not so with electricity. There are those damned wires. Almost as bad as all that plumbing needed to move water around. Here's the Wiki piece on...
- Tags: electricity, federal government, radio, transmission line, advertising & promotion, wi-fi, wireless, marketing, harry fuller
- Blog posts 2007-12-05
- Plastic is good for our environment (and computers)
- Plastic is good for our environment and computersPlastic Good??What you seem to be forgetting is that you can grow more trees, rear more cows. I haven’t heard of anyone yet that has been able to grow more oil??? As we move more towards renewable and sustainable energy sources such as...
- Tags: plastic good?, carbon dioxide, environment, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-12-01
- Deals on climate change face good old American girdlock
- Some people think we humans should be doing something about climate change. Many nations are trying to live up to their promises under the Kyoto Protocol. The Earth's league leaders in greenhouse gas emission are China and the U.S. in that order. Neither signed the...
- Tags: u.s., leader, greenhouse gas, harry fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Is using less energy actually green?
- Is using less energy actually green?It's counter-intuitivebut sounds about right. Any time the government gets involved in markets - they tend to stagnate. Having a monopoly means never having to upgrade - just keep charging the same amount or more money, and your profits go up (since there is no...
- Tags: fermi
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- Is using less energy actually green?
- Everyone says so, but in reality the more likely answer is no - the greenest thing you can do in areas where regulatory constraints limit electrical power generation and delivery is to use more of it.Notice that this isn't about about dollar costs -everyone knows that using less costs you...
- Tags: paul murphy, pollution, energy use
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- Cellulosic ethanol: A fuel for the future?
- Cellulosic ethanol: A fuel for the future?TypicalWe're sopping wet in oil in this country in Alaska, the gulf and the Atlantic Continental Shelf and instead we waste millions of dollars on stupid ethanol plants and run the risk of deforestation. There have already been food riots in mexico because of...
- Tags: tembec, cellulosic ethanol, refinery
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Silicon Valley goes dark again
- Silicon Valley goes dark againEuropeans are afflicted with same diseaseEuropeans are afflicted with same disease, it’s called NIMBY Not in my back yard.Ironically the French are there to bail them out Nuclear power.Socialist Republic of CaliYou nailed it George, people cant have it both ways. Im all for new...
- Tags: government, uranium, now it
- Discussion threads 2007-06-22
- Symantec earnings, outlook come in at low end
- Symantec earnings, outlook come in at low endNIMBY!!!!Not in My Back YardPersonally I would rather Symantec stay away from Linux for all of our sakesShut up, fool..Bad year for their bloatwaresurprises abound, not.they should embrace Linux and ditch M$and they will live happily thereafter.Yes...Better run the the EC now and...
- Tags: security, symantec norton antivirus, symantec corp., earnings, microsoft corp., nav 2006
- Discussion threads 2006-10-26
- Bush administration won't appeal phone decision
- Bush administration won't appeal phone decision20th century rules in the 21st centuryIt's about time they dropped these antiquated rules from the 80's and let free market competition drive the investments.There is so much competition in the telecom industry these days, the government should just get out of the way and...
- Tags: telecom & utilities, strategy, wich, economics 101, probly, phone, it innovation, innovation, information technology, bush administration
- Discussion threads 2004-06-09
- Infineon adds a little flash
- Infineon adds a little flashNANDActually, it's "NOT AND", the logical inversion of an AND gate. NOR is, of course, NOT OR.Not to be confused with the NIMBY Not In My BackYard and NWNH Now Way No How gates.Man, that was odd.
- Tags: infineon technologies ag
- Discussion threads 2004-01-07
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