Archive | December, 2009
Alternative energy funded funneled to dangerous nuclear

Alternative energy funded funneled to dangerous nuclear

By on December 6, 2009 in Blog, Environment

The New York Times reports that money is being funneled to dangerous nuclear energy over safe, clean and unlimited solar and wind energy projects: Scientists are hoping to expand the range of sunlight’s wavelengths that can be absorbed, and to cut the amount of energy the cells lose to heat. One goal is to make [...]

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Going local – social networking for politicians

By on December 2, 2009 in Blog, Campaigning, Elections

While there’s a million and one articles on the internet about how Obama built his success on social networks. There are fewer articles about how local candidates’ campaigns used social networking to promote their candidacy. I’ve previously written about one instance of a local campaign – the governor race in Virginia – using text message [...]

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Human activities are the primary driver

By on December 2, 2009 in Blog, Environment

With all the hysteria about climate change following the Liberal leadership disaster, it’s easy to be caught up with the notion that there’s a huge backlash against action on climate change, or policies to reduce carbon emissions (eg. the CPRS).There’s even been talk around the pro-climate action groups that the science has been seriously compromised [...]

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