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Wind Power Is Awesome

May 9th, 2012

By Dan Miller It is a proven technology and has many untapped potentials. Wind power has been used successfully for many years; it may predate the employment of galley slaves (those who row, probably not those who cook in the galley). Even now, wind power has important uses. It makes sailing, correctly known as the […]

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Tags: electricity, energy, green, quixotic, sailing, satire, wind power, windmill
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President Obama Has to Go (to Rio+20)

April 22nd, 2012

By Dan Miller Ban Ki-moon says His presence is crucial. He cannot lightly reject this command of the entire World. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 20-22. It follows the important Rio+20 unsustainable deterioration conference held earlier this year which shaped its agenda. United […]

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Tags: energy, fairness, re-distribution, re-election, Rio+20, satire, socialism, UN
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The Rio + 20 Summit Will Promote Sustainable Deterioration for All

February 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller It does not go far enough. The much awaited Rio + 20 conference on sustainable development of good stuff for everyone calls for full participation ultimately (although not necessarily at the Summit itself) by all because Sustainable development requires major groups – women, children and youth, indigenous peoples, non-governmental organisations, local authorities, […]

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Tags: Brazil, development, energy, green, poverty, Rio+20, satire, sustainable, UN
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Conservation for the Sake of Our Children Is Far More Important than Mere Cost

December 12th, 2011

By Dan Miller Green stuff is scarce and is too important to waste. According to this article, Last week, the Navy signed a contract with two biofuel companies to purchase 450,000 gallons of advanced biofuels at $12 million to assist in President Obama’s goal to establish a domestic biofuels industry and to advance it in […]

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Tags: biofuels, conservation, cost, energy, environment, oil, satire, U.S. Navy
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There They Go Again

September 7th, 2011

By Dan Miller According to this article by David A. Keene in the Washington Times, Last week, the Obama administration’s Department of Energy announced it is extending an $852 million loan guarantee to something called the Genesis Solar Project in California. Genesis, according to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, will be built on federal land and […]

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Tags: bankruptcy, DOE, energy, Genesis, green, guarantees, loans, Solyndra
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