It looks obvious

Claims that the US has no energy policy are wrong, we do have a particularly bad one:

America says to foreign producers: We prefer not to pump our oil, so please pump more of yours, thereby lowering its value, for our benefit. Let it not be said that America has no energy policy.

As a side note I cannot ignore the contradiction in the internal logic of those who on the one side complaining about the damage done to the environment from the current level of Oil consumption and at the same time raising hell about the soaring Oil price. Is a consistent position is too much to ask for?

This is a great story about a young person that might made the problem of plastic trash much more manageable. I hope that he will make lots of money from this, he surely deserve it.

Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose — but 16-year-old science fair contestant Daniel Burd made it happen in just three months.

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Burd says this should be easy on an industrial scale: all that’s needed is a fermenter, a growth medium and plastic, and the bacteria themselves provide most of the energy by producing heat as they eat. The only waste is water and a bit of carbon dioxide.

It is interesting to note that the solution emerge from the, basically, inexpensive work of private initiative while the public money was invested in developing programs and regulations that will restrict the use of available less expensive materials. I already feel sorry for those who need to find another excuse for doomsday prophecies that will enable them to tell everybody what not to do

From protecting the environment point of view which is better - take a short ride with a car or walking? The answer might surprise you:

This challenge comes from Chris Goodall, the author of “How to Live A Low-Carbon Life.” Mr. Goodall is a member of the Green Party in Britain and a devout environmentalist — he says he has ceased air travel because of its emissions. But he also questions how much good is being done by eliminating short trips by car. In fact, he says that in some circumstances it’s better to drive than to walk.

The story of Siegelman, the former Democratic governor of Alabama, and his corruption trial is disturbing and highly deserve the segment on 60 minutes’

Isn’t it somewhat odd that the candidate that calling to cancel the tax cuts for “the rich” and made it a center piece of her campaign, refuses to release her tax returns?

Clinton’s tipping point may have come when it was announced that her $5 million loan to her campaign came from a fund she shares with Bill Clinton. That puts into play for the general election business deals by the former president that transformed him from an indigent to a multimillionaire and might excite interest in their income tax returns, which the Clintons refuse to release. The prospect impels many Democratic insiders to pray for the clear Obama victories on March 4 that they hope will make it unnecessary for anybody to beg Hillary Clinton to end her failed campaign.

This should not be surprising. We all read Orwell’s Animal Farm and we noted in the past that other famous evangelist for different life style, harder and less convenient , tend to exclude themselves since although everybody is equal, some equal more.