06.23.09
An Inconvenient Truth
I recently viewed Vice-President Al Gore’s feature movie version of his PowerPoint-like presentation and book on global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth“.
GM Profit Loss for 2005
General Motors reported an $8.6 billion loss for 2005 on Thursday — Posts Worst Loss Since 1992. Here’s a link to the story on the New York Times (subscription required.)
GM Lay-Off Announcement #2 – 11/2005
So, there is now going to be a lay-off of 30,000 General Motors employees and plant closings (including the somewhat fuel efficient Saturn Ion series built in Tennessee) all because GM couldn’t think outside the box!
GM Lay-Off Announcement – 6/2005
So, interesting timing on GM’s part — lots of commercials about giving all of us grateful Americans the same price their employees pay for a GM car and then turn around and announce that you’re laying off 25,000 workers. Can you say, “Bullshit!” Gee, why are they having to resort to these measures? Could it be that not all of America wants to drive a freakin’ Hummer or Jeep Grand Cherokee? We’re not all buying their marketing bullshit. We’d rather drive Japanese…
Forward Thinking Tucson Power
Here’s a link to a story published in the Arizona Daily Star on 11/27/2005. The story really surprised me because the idea seems so simple, so novel, so forward-thinking, thinking outside the box. Who thought this idea up? Will TEP be a good citizen and use more of its resources to help make Tucson a better place to live?
Methane-gas use lets TEP cut back on coal
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/104382
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Alternative Energy
I’m really enthused to see increasing coverage on the ‘net about alternatives to power sources. Here are a few recent sites, blogs, etc. that I’ve come across that I feel in-tune with and I can relate to what the writer is presenting to us.
Reasonable Solar Energy
The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has recently sent out an update about a program to provide citizens a means to see how local residents have implemented solar energy resources with a National Solar Tour. The tour is happening in communities throughout America and provides people interested in solar energy with information about real-life installations, costs, contractors used, the benefits gained with the solar energy installation.
The Effects of Corporate Greed
Thank god those folks at Texaco (now owned by Chevron) aren't drilling for oil or doing their exploration in your neighborhood–I don't think you and your family would survive the experience. Why is this? Just ask the local people in Ecaudor's Amazon jungle region about Texaco and oil exploration.
Solar One in Las Vegas
Here's a link to a video news article (with a Microsoft commercial thrown in) about the new Nevada Solar One solar thermal collection system going online in April. This large mirror array will generate 64 megawatts of energy – enough, the story reports, to power over 15,000 homes (or one casino – hehehe). These aren't photovoltaic panels – these are mirrors that reflect solar energy on to oil-filled pipes, heating the oil to 400 degrees. The oil then then heats water that creates steam which turns a turbine to generate electricity.
NukeFree Petition
The NukeFree.org web site is sponsoring a petition, that is going to be sent to the members of the US Congress at large, about upcoming legislative attempts to fund the building of new nuclear plants in the United States. Which of our politicians is greedy enough and brain-dead enough to even consider the development of new construction of nuclear power plants?
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