12 May, 2012 (08:31) | Energy, Environment, Science, Technology | By: ricjames
Although the day job this week managed to keep me off the blog I did manage to see some interesting things that had little to nothing to do with politics. And, politically speaking, most leftists would have you believe that conservatives like myself are quite dismissive of any energy systems that don’t burn oil or [...]
18 February, 2012 (12:30) | Environment, Human Interest, Items of Note, Law, Politics, Technology | By: ricjames
An interesting note on Instapundit sent me to this story regarding the shoot-down of a private surveillance drone. A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday near Ehrhardt, S.C. Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to [...]
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21 January, 2012 (09:49) | 2012 Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames
One of the news stories this week was President Obama’s decision on whether to have his administration grant a permit for a private company to proceed with building the Keystone XL pipeline, a pipe that would run from the Canadian border to US refineries on the Gulf Coast. Obama denied the permit. That’s a quick [...]
15 August, 2011 (17:05) | Energy, Environment, Technology, Transportation | By: ricjames
Well, that don’t sound good: Would-be California automaker Aptera has announced that it is returning all of the deposits it currently holds for its two-seat, three-wheel electric car. According to GreenCarReports.com, the company sent out a note on August 12th to the people who had placed reservations for the Aptera 2e that reads “…as you [...]
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22 November, 2010 (17:05) | Economy, Energy, Environment, Human Interest, Politics, Science, Technology, The Media | By: ricjames
It’s interesting how candid our politicians get when they’re in front of foreign audiences. Al Gore, the global-warming oracle who has pushed the “climate change” agenda for years and who was instrumental in passing legislation creating government subsidies for the production of corn ethanol for fuel, is now on record saying that corn ethanol is [...]
23 October, 2010 (11:13) | Energy, Environment, Human Interest, Politics, Science, Technology | By: ricjames
Regular readers here will know that I’ve been following the story of a technology that has some exciting potential to change the playing field of our energy production and consumption. Proposed nuclear power projects based on thorium instead of uranium have really interested me and this latest report from Popular Mechanics adds even more to [...]
4 October, 2010 (09:56) | Environment, Politics | By: ricjames
Iowahawk runs the process those 10:10 ghouls must have used, and makes the critical observation. It’s just too spot on to excerpt – go read the whole thing. (Read this if you haven’t heard about this already.)
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3 October, 2010 (15:12) | Environment, Politics | By: ricjames
(Catch the wonderful commentary by Iowahawk on this matter, too.) When the eco-activist group 10:10 decided to release a video touting its push to get people to commit to reducing their carbon emissions by 10% this year, I have no doubt that they put their hearts and souls into the effort. That’s what scares me, [...]
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17 September, 2010 (07:29) | Energy, Environment, Human Interest | By: ricjames
I note this story this morning that the relief well BP was drilling to permanently seal the blown-out Deepwater Horizon well has successfully hit its mark. They expect to execute the final seal on Sunday. I don’t want to ignore this event in a story that has had plenty of disastrous moments. This was a [...]
17 September, 2010 (07:21) | Economy, Environment, Politics | By: ricjames
I guess the Dems’ little rebranding attempt I spoke of earlier is just part of a larger strategy of trying to pull a little “Issues Three Card Monty” with the American people. Faced with the fact that the science just isn’t backing them up on the whole global warming thing, the White House has apparently [...]