Opinion Forum

Grant Proposal – New Renewable Energy Source

April 8th, 2012

By Dan Miller To: United States Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. Re: Development of newly discovered renewable energy source Synopsis: As is well known, world supplies of fossil fuel are now at dangerously low levels and will soon be depleted. New sources of renewable energy must be found promptly. This proposal envisions research and development […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: employment, funding, grant, green energy, satire, spending, taxes, whales
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Darwinism Is Needed

April 6th, 2012

By Dan Miller We need social Darwinism. Without it, we are likely to become extinct like the do-do bird. According to President Obama, the Ryan budget passed last week by the House of Representatives 228 to 191 with no Democrats supporting it is nothing but thinly veiled social Darwinism,” Mr. Obama said. “By gutting the […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: budget, Greece, green energy, revenue, social darwinism, spending, taxes
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Back to the Future: Wind Power

October 28th, 2009

Sometimes a good innovation comes from an old idea—such as windmills. Invented more than 1,000 years ago in Persia, their whirling sails and spinning blades harnessed wind power to draw water and grind grain from China to Holland to farms across America. Replaced by electric motors powered by high-voltage electric grids, the ancient windmill is […]

Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: environment, green energy, windmill, windspire
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