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  Attack fossil funding

  01.18.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Attack fossil funding

  Not a bad ploy really. The Boston Globe reports that a coalition of environmental groups are doing just that as the Texas Utility Corporation (TXU) seeks $11B for funding the construction of 11 new pulverized coal plants which would release some 78 million tons of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere per year. What else could […]

• Business, Energy

  Altamont wind farms back in business?

  01.15.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Altamont wind farms back in business?

  In 2004 the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against the wind producers operating in the Altamont Pass in California. During the ensuing time period, a study was completed showing that 45 of the 7,000 turbines were responsible for the vast majority of the deaths and a compromised was reached with the producers that during […]

• Business, Energy

  400 million gallons of new ethanol production

  01.11.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on 400 million gallons of new ethanol production

  Cargill subsidiary Emerald Renewable Energy announced recently it plans to build 4 new ethanol plants in the US each with 100 million gallon per year throughput. Each plant will use nearly 40 million bushels of corn annually and produce 100 million gallons of ethanol and over 300,000 tons of dry distillers grains for animal feed […]

• Business, Humor

  Wanna buy a country?

  01.09.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Sealand is for sale. Just outside UK territorial waters, the former World War II era anti-aircraft platform was occupied in 1966 and declared a country by Paddy Roy Bates (aka Prince Roy.) The weather is a bit nasty, but anyone needing a sovereign nation for their business activities should inquire about picking the country up […]

• Business, Media

  Ad Nauseum – NFL Playoff Ad Analysis

  01.08.07 | Permalink | 20 Comments

  Well, the entry on the Rose Bowl was so widely read and enjoyed so I thought I’d follow it up with an NFL version. This was all kicked off by my assertion that the NFL has become unwatchable product. Disclaimer, due to a service interruption in my video, I missed the final one minute 31 […]

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