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This ain't no movie: Erin Brockovich blogs TVA's coal ash

The country's most famous anti-pollution lawyer writes about the Tennessee coal ash spill. Here's TVA's front page, with its latest company updates onthe runaway coal ash. Here's TVA's aerial map of where they're testing air samples, also shows the extent of the ash coverage. The air pollutioln...

Tags: Tennessee, Ash, Movie, Blog, Pollution, Coal Ash, TVA, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Why "cheap" energy is really costly in the long run

Why "cheap" energy is really costly in the long runElectric Car anyone?Let's see, so called "green and clean" electric cars are the "way of the future" even though coal accounts for over 50% of the electricity we use, and the energy efficiency of an electric is horrific compared to gasoline.HmmmmAnd,...

Tags: electric car, car

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

Why "cheap" energy is really costly in the long run

The TVA coal sludge mess is like most disaster stories. In the first days estimates get continually worse until something close to realistic appraisal is reached. Then the lawsuits and finger-pointing begin. We've just hit that stage. TVA is now facing lawsuits. ...

Tags: Ash, Coal, TVA, Coal Ash, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-02

Additional Resources

What's a brick?

CinderblockMany years ago a product called cinderblock was made from coal fire residue. It was similar to standard concrete block. In many cases, over time, it proved far less satisfactory. One big problem was degradation in a wet environment. It would get sort of mushy and...

Tags: ash, fly ash

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Could you green the world brick by brick?

It's a brick."Well, the mainstream bricks boys do not like CalStar and want to prevent from the use of the very word 'brick.'"Oh, puh-lease. Even when people in third world countries put mud in molds on the ground and use sunlight to bake it, we still call them bricks.Yes, it's...

Tags: CalStar, Oak Creek, ash, fly ash, Oak

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

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

Campwhere 1.0 (Mobile)

Campwhere is an application that provides detailed information on all 7,500 public campgrounds in the United States. These include Federal, State, and local campgrounds that are all accurately mapped with details such as geo-location, elevation, and facility info. Campwhere provides information about all public campgrounds: National park, National forest, Corps...

Tags: Mobile, Big Nerd Ranch, Campwhere, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-29

Coal ash:coal=radioative waste:nuc power

Slowly the depth, or rather height, of the American coal ash problem is leaking out of the political closet. Now one U.S. Senator says she is barred from talking about specific coal ash heap problems because they are a severe security risk. One well-placed bomb...and then disaster. ...

Tags: Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Following the money

There is an on-going debate around the globe on how much government money is needed to support cleaner energy technology, and whether it will matter in the long-run. Here's a brief summary of the arguments for and against renewable energy subsidies. Also, the question of how the research...

Tags: Human Nature, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-01

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?

Updated: Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to a Wall Street Journal. The report highlights the latest vulnerabilities facing U.S. power infrastructure. The Journal notes that the spies are from China,...

Tags: Security, SCADA, Grid, Master Station, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-08

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

EPA: that was then, this is now

The shift from the past federal administration to this one is becoming evident for states, greentech companies and VCs looking for future investment ideas. There'll be more pressure to clean up air, water and soil pollution. THEN: in the final week of the former admin the EPA once...

Tags: Car, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Standards, Coal Ash, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-07

Hello, anybody paying attention?

Can we please stop being stupid? I hate to pick on Kentucky but it's their turn in the barrel. Folks built New Orleans below high tide levels and then didn't keep up the levees. Poeple around Galveston like to live smack up against a restless ocean. Hurricanes be...

Tags: Kentucky, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-31

How much should government commit to open source?

How much should government commit to open source?If open source is as good as you believe......then companies offering open source solutions will win those contracts for medical records etc. So you can say its already been done...if they can actually win that is.Huh?How would that help the economy?How would...

Tags: Obama, open source, government

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

This ain't no movie: Erin Brockovich blogs TVA's coal ash

This ain't no movie: Erin Brockovich blogs TVA's coal ashClean coal...100% of the discussion regarding coal to this point has been focused on the air pollution caused by burning it. Before this incident, there was no public discourse about what happens to the waste left over from burning. ...

Tags: Blogging, coal, Erin Brockovich, blog, movie

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

News to know: Yahoo's Bartz, Genachowski, Sony's loss, Chrome for Mac

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo? Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun begins Sam Diaz: Ya-hoooo: There's a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Federal Government, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Government, Software, Internet, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Is it time to haul ash? Maybe kick a little ash, too?

Today the bloviation moves to the U.S. Senate, where it feels right at home. It's about the runaway Tennessee coal ash. The committee chairwoman calls for federal regulation. The head of TVA, whose ash got spread around so mercilessly by nature, cannot give a time for the...

Tags: Tennessee, Ash, Coal Ash, Utility Industry, Regulations, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-08

What should we do with Tennessee and West Virginia when we're done?

I've blogged on the recent coal ash flood around a TVA power plant. No body died and a few homes got wrecked from waste after decades of cheap coal-fired electricity. So what's the big deal? Besides it was in Tennessee which is not your big media center...

Tags: Cement, Ash, Media Center PCs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-07

PalmTVA 1.5 (Mobile)

This program allows to calculate TVA from a specified amount. 5,5% and 19,6% buttons are present, and they can customized by the user to the most used TVA percentages. Custom TVA (from 1% to 95% or user input) is also allowed.

Tags: Mobile, Percentage, Button, Nicola Ferralis, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-06-20

RPG, PHP, and history

RPG, PHP, and historyIf it works for you, use it - but it doesnt work for me.If it works for you, and especially if it has an elegant simplicity, then go for it.However,[i]So what's the model? simple: business applications are user interfaces to business data.[/i]I think that in many cases...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Databases, RPG, PHP

Discussion threads 2008-04-28