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Bad News
Obama is fleshing out his investment/stimulus plan.
All parties agree the public sector must invest now to bootstrap the private sector into growth again. We have not been able to loosen credit, so we are left with spending. George W. Bush himself was the herald of this present need. Those of us […]

I really try to keep my mental dalliances under control. I have a million projects I’d like to work on but I realize I have priorities. Then, something hits your fancy and you do some math in your head while in a traffic queue. And then, even though the thought is complete, […]

Particle Physics Rap:

The doodle of a physicist (regarding the energy problem, a physicist’s doodle is better than a layman’s in depth analysis) trying to find the maximums and minimums of possibilities in a problem. The problem is Sustainable Energy. The book is full of bad news, given our huge energy consumption.
To sum up, […]

I just got an 8inch 500Mhz Celeron Fujitsu Stylistic LT C500 tablet and GPS antenna. They’re for my newly acquired travel/family car/truck, a 2006 “first-gen” Scion xB. The tablet fits perfectly in the unusually-laid out dash. Figured it would be funner to use a full x86 PC for GPS and MP3s than […]

There aren’t many clear paths toward energy independence. Every option has costs that must be considered.
We’re hoping to find a biofuel that doesn’t waste more energy than it produces, cause forests to be razed (some of which are better at removing CO2 than fuel crops, not to mention their other benefits), make food more expensive, […]