Supply of the Damned

In response to a previous post on AdPopulum.net by Dr. Ted Auch, and in response to those curious as to why the catastrophic Gulf oil spill and the 2009 U.S. coal disaster are failing to stimulate greater political and public interest in renewable technologies, I offer the following hypothesis… Read the rest of this entry »

Space Waste

Imagine satellites orbiting the Earth smashing into one another at unimaginable speeds, exploding into thousands of pieces which travel on to blast other satellites to smithereens. Meanwhile, back on Earth, cellular calls are dropped, GPS systems malfunction, data feeds are dropped and more. The human species punished into a lowly terrestrial existence, unable to explore our own space or rely on the benefits of orbiting satellites. Is this the dangerous world we’re heading toward – or have we already arrived? Read the rest of this entry »

API’s Greatest Trick Yet

API stands for The American Petroleum Institute and it is Big Oil’s most prominent and well-financed lobbyist. They have been spreading canards about everything from climate change to deleterious influence of alternative energy a/o the idea of this country moving towards a blended and more diverse energy portfolio. In a recent article in The Times by David Kocieniewski, their president Jack N. Gerard offered up one of the most amazing misrepresentations of the facts I have seen since that fateful night in April when the Gulf disaster was initiated. He noted in responding to accusations of tax law exploitation, avoidance, and off-shore relocation to facilitate the latter that, “These companies evaluate costs, risks and opportunities across the globe. So if the U.S. makes changes in the tax code that discourage drilling in gulf waters, they will go elsewhere and take their jobs with them.” First off the companies Mr. Gerard refers to are not simply “these companies” they are his peeps, the men and women he is obligated to defend, which means this disassociated language is awfully tricky because he is acting as if he and API are an objective and trustworthy third-party. Read the rest of this entry »

R.I.P.

An honorable notion died in Congress this week. No, I’m not talking about the passing of the long-time KKK grand wizard, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd. I am referring to HR 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009 (and S 604, its Senate counterpart). Better known as an effort to “audit the Fed,” the bill was originally authored by Rep. Ron Paul, and co-sponsored by 320 House Representatives–including a great number of Democrats AND Republicans. When it came time to vote, though, 100-or-so of them bailed on the notion. Here is a list of the folks that initially co-sponsored the bill, but later flipped when it came time to vote.
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