You ever get the feeling the guy running the joint doesn’t know what he’s doing. BBC seems to have dug up proof that indeed someone should be raising questions about the worthiness of Israel’s Defense Minister to lead. Peretz hasn’t been very popular since the Lebanon skirmish but this just takes the cake. Almost feel [...]
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The folks over at Marginal Revolution have a great article on “confirmatory biases“. Something even skeptics have to be careful of, I know I do.
Personally I think every idea no matter how crazy should be given a fair shake especially if it presents a new and interesting twist on something. Of course, I say that [...]
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I know this has been out there for awhile but it’s worth collecting and sharing nonetheless.
Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, has several blog posts regaling us with tales of battling Moon Landing Hoaxers. He’s split it into 3 parts, (Part I, Part II and of course Part III). Each post also contains links to the [...]
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Josh Rosenau has a great post over at ScienceBlogs about energy production in the US and how alternative energy solutions can play a part as well as the difficulties faced.
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I have always been a firm believer that the fastest way to get American industry to get on board with environmental causes is to make it financially smart to do so. Christian Science Monitor has an article pertaining to the buyout of TXU Corp., a Texas electric company, that has the buyers planning on sharply [...]
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BusinessWeek reports that Oregon utilities are open to the idea of curbing greenhouses gases particularly if there is a national approach.
A national plan only makes sense. Think about it from a business perspective why would you incur the necessary expense of emissions reduction technology or management of a cap and trade system when your competition [...]
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