Who woulda thunk it. Figures that the military would get the first applications, instead of, oh, porn. (Guess which is less offensive to me. Go on, guess.) But think of the applications...!
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Never Enough Space Pioneering Department
The Planetary Society is launching a solar sailthis Tuesday, with deployment of the sail itself next Saturday.
WHOOT.
I'll be watching updates on their blog--conveniently kept in the weblog.
WHOOT.
I'll be watching updates on their blog--conveniently kept in the weblog.
Never Enough Great Blogs Department
I was worried I'd have to start a blog devoted to energy issues. I lucked out.
Never Enough Energy Sunday Linkathons Department
- Cyclists get naked to protest big oil
- God and oil
- EnviroHealth: California's 'Green' Governor
- Record Year For Rise In Global Energy Consumption
- Former Bush Aide Who Altered Climate Reports Hired By Exxon
- U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Insecure, Need Billions
- Britain Announces Fund For Greenhouse Gas Storage
- OPEC Sees Few Options To Tackle High Prices
- Iran And India To Seal $25 Billion Energy Deal
- Words from a different kind of president
- Tippy-tippy-topple ...
- Going down with the ship
- Citigroup Owes $2B To Enron Investors
- JPM-Chase to Pay $2.2b In Enron Suit
- 'Plastic oil' could improve fuel economy in cars
- Hostage-takers demand Shell jobs
- Cognitive dissonance
- Put up your nukes!
- Capturing carbon
- Renewable energy and the devolution of power
- Bush on the energy bill
- Hey Gang! Let's Move to the Moon!
- Delay, Exxon, MTBE, and just ... ew
- Making amends
- $58.60 A Barrel
- NYC Sells Hybrid Taxi Medallions, Won't OK Hybrid Cars as Taxis
- How Bout Those Gas Prices?
- Hydrogen-Powered Motorcycles Just Around the Corner
- U.S. Pressure Weakens G8 Climate Change Proposal
- Power plants and air pollution
- The Analysis Gap
- Global Warmin' Is Fer Idjuts / Exxon writes America's energy policy, BushCo chops up emissions reports. Is there any hope at all?
- Senate Considers $1-Billion Legislation for Diesel Emissions Reduction
Never Enough Rubber Wristbands Department
I know I recently mentioned the Never Surrender bracelet I already wear, but I'm thinking about getting more:
Never Enough... No, Wait, That IS Enough Department
Eight Is Enough was not meant to be an example--or a record to break.
How American--and how irresponsibly wasteful.
How American--and how irresponsibly wasteful.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Never Enough Solar Investments Department
Suddenly, I feel a little better about using Google and Gmail so much. Of course, they're doing so in part because alternative energy sources are suddenly cool. As long as it goes from fad to institution, and is done right, I don't mind too much if the yuppies start wanting better energy choices. Now, if only they can be sold on intelligent choices in general....
A shame that, even after reading dozens of articles a week on the subject, I'm still notm 100% sure what I would consider to be an intelligent choice.
A shame that, even after reading dozens of articles a week on the subject, I'm still notm 100% sure what I would consider to be an intelligent choice.
Never Enough Running Starts Department
Encouraging signs? The main advantage to knowing about GOP weaknesses in the House is that, this time, we know whom to target. Don't think for a second that the GOP doesn't know, too.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Never Enough Fundie Bating Department
...As if the previous post wasn't bad enough:
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
--Aleister Crowley, The Book Of Lies
--Aleister Crowley, The Book Of Lies
Never Enough Stark Contrasts Department
Note: I've been reading Carl Sagan's Cosmos. If you ever read the book, or saw the mini-series, you will understand. If you have been paying attention to the news at all, you will understand.
Science requires imagination, analysis, observation, and above all, questioning.
Fundamentalism requires rigidity, ignorance, insularity, and above all, obedience.
Science encourages humility. Discovering how much can be known leads one to the discovery of how much one will never know. Every new revelation deepens the mystery, and in this we who cherish science remain in ecstatic awe.
Fundamentalism encourages audacity. They arrogantly presume that a single book can contain the entirety of The Truth. Any fact that contradicts their Truth is declared blasphemy, and thus they maintain a false sense of superiority.
Science, despite its reputation as a discipline for "brains," can be mastered by anyone willing to pay attention, make intelligent guesses, then test the guesses. It is so simple that children can learn it.
Fundamentalism, regardless of its philosophy of taking the Bible literally, is most often practised by those who never read the Bible aside from Church, and know little of the book's actual contents. It benefits from this lack of knowledge to maintain congregations.
Science accepts criticism--welcomes it. It thrives on scrutiny and responds with thanks.
Fundamentalism responds to doubt with scorn and treats open-mindedness as weakness.
Science reveals relationships and thus helps foster understanding of our place in the cosmos.
Fundamentalism demands division and so foments the very chaos they claim to defy.
Science is Heaven. Fundamentalism is Hell.
Science requires imagination, analysis, observation, and above all, questioning.
Fundamentalism requires rigidity, ignorance, insularity, and above all, obedience.
Science encourages humility. Discovering how much can be known leads one to the discovery of how much one will never know. Every new revelation deepens the mystery, and in this we who cherish science remain in ecstatic awe.
Fundamentalism encourages audacity. They arrogantly presume that a single book can contain the entirety of The Truth. Any fact that contradicts their Truth is declared blasphemy, and thus they maintain a false sense of superiority.
Science, despite its reputation as a discipline for "brains," can be mastered by anyone willing to pay attention, make intelligent guesses, then test the guesses. It is so simple that children can learn it.
Fundamentalism, regardless of its philosophy of taking the Bible literally, is most often practised by those who never read the Bible aside from Church, and know little of the book's actual contents. It benefits from this lack of knowledge to maintain congregations.
Science accepts criticism--welcomes it. It thrives on scrutiny and responds with thanks.
Fundamentalism responds to doubt with scorn and treats open-mindedness as weakness.
Science reveals relationships and thus helps foster understanding of our place in the cosmos.
Fundamentalism demands division and so foments the very chaos they claim to defy.
Science is Heaven. Fundamentalism is Hell.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Never Enough Energy Sunday Delays Department
Sorry for the lack of an Energy Sunday last week--and I hope these links aren't too overwhelming:
- Cheap airline tickets speed global warming Meanwhile, U.S. plans to test missile defense aboard comm ...
- Shut bases could get nuclear waste
- Drilling For Oil
- Random Acts Of Corporate Responsibility
- Brussels Focuses On Effort To Tackle Climate Change
- GOP Hid Wilderness Drilling Approval In War Supplemental
- 'Peak Oil' Is Now
- Petroleum Joyride Almost Over?
- From Jail Cells to Solar Cells
- California solar roofs on the way
- Peak performance?
- The good news
- Oil on Ice
- Cash Landing
- 1. Control of Iraqi Oil
- Die Die SUVs Please Die / Sales of the bloated monster trucks are in a huge slump. Time for enviro-lovers to rejoice?
- How to help save the world
- EPA rules for Ethanol gasoline in 3 states
- Schwarzenegger unveils emissions plan
- What can you do about peak oil?
- Nuclear and water
- "Hybrid Veterans for Truth"?
- Don't believe the hype
- Forests fired
- Oil pumping capacity
- Oil prices rise ahead of summer: $55
- Mayors ink global enviro accords
- Refineries can't keep up with U.S. demand
- Electricity station complete in Baghdad
- Foreign Predations
- Social justice and the path forward from peak oil
- Clinton
- Only you can prevent ... global warming?
- Suburbia, oil, and preferences
- Biomass Adds to Ethanol Debate
- Bolivia protests seek gas nationalization
- U.N. Urges Building Green Cities
- Four Former Enron Executives Receive Loan Guarantees From Congress
- Mayors Sign Urban Environmental Accord
- Drilling In ANWR Supporters Need A Spine
- Fears For Economy As Jobs Growth Slows
- Report: Enron execs windfall in energy bill
- "Sellin' Nukes, Dissin' Wind"
- Revealed: Bush- Exxon ties on Kyoto
- Shell Predicts Two Decades Of Rising Energy Prices
- Pirates raid oil tanker at Basra, Iraq
- Fresh concerns on Iran nuke moves
- Worries as UN nuke plans go missing
- White House Defends Former Oil Industry Advocate Who Changed Climate Reports
- This Blog Is 100 Percent Solar
- New Apollo Energy Act introduced
- Peak oil mania
- Drunk, with power
- Saudis Say They Have Plenty of Oil
- Kerry, Waxman want Bush climate probe
- Japan's businessmen 'go cool' to conserve
- Big Business Puts Pressure On G8 To Curb Global Warming
- Pressure Rises On OPEC As Oil Demand Rises
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Never Enough Harsh Truths Department
Ouch.
The sad thing is, it's hard to disagree with Vennochi's contentions. I do believe things are turning around, and that to some degree Joan may be buying into GOP spin. But yeah, the problem is that, while both Dean and the GOP are willing to get dirty, many Democrats refuse to stand and fight back. At least Edwards is using the opportunity to blast away in his own style. They all should.
By the way, am I the only one who realizes that there are Republicans who really do think of themselves as belonging to the white Christian party? Or have I been reading the news too much? Good gravy, we're supposed to pretend that the Republicans are minority-friendly and that the Klan doesn't exist anymore. And then the Klan reminds us they're still around anyway. ($100? Please...!) To which the Republicans say, "Yeah, but 40 years ago they were Democrats!" To which we reply, "And now they're Republicans."
Dean could use a few lessons in framing and perhaps a few lessons in rhetoric would help too, but the worst you can really say about his comments, in the final analysis, is that they aren't that artful. A shame that politics is, more often than not, low art at best.
The sad thing is, it's hard to disagree with Vennochi's contentions. I do believe things are turning around, and that to some degree Joan may be buying into GOP spin. But yeah, the problem is that, while both Dean and the GOP are willing to get dirty, many Democrats refuse to stand and fight back. At least Edwards is using the opportunity to blast away in his own style. They all should.
By the way, am I the only one who realizes that there are Republicans who really do think of themselves as belonging to the white Christian party? Or have I been reading the news too much? Good gravy, we're supposed to pretend that the Republicans are minority-friendly and that the Klan doesn't exist anymore. And then the Klan reminds us they're still around anyway. ($100? Please...!) To which the Republicans say, "Yeah, but 40 years ago they were Democrats!" To which we reply, "And now they're Republicans."
Dean could use a few lessons in framing and perhaps a few lessons in rhetoric would help too, but the worst you can really say about his comments, in the final analysis, is that they aren't that artful. A shame that politics is, more often than not, low art at best.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Never Enough Comics Catch-Up Department
Brilliant.
That's all. Go read. Enjoy the clipart, the awful jokes, and the crudity; but most of all, enjoy the in-your-face political ballsiness.
Goats rocks, too. Really.
So's Red Meat.
Liliane is excellent as well. Sleeping Beauty, indeed. (I should be in bed.)
That's all. Go read. Enjoy the clipart, the awful jokes, and the crudity; but most of all, enjoy the in-your-face political ballsiness.
Goats rocks, too. Really.
So's Red Meat.
Liliane is excellent as well. Sleeping Beauty, indeed. (I should be in bed.)
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Never Enough Purple Armbands Department
Hoo, boy. What a day.
The good news is: Dino Rossi isn't going to be Governor of Washington any time soon.
The bad news is: Janice Brown gets to become a Federal judge. Katherine Harris, the woman responsible for stopping the recount in Florida in 2000, announced she is running for the Senate. A Los Alamos whistleblower was savagely beaten. (The photo is a little gruesome, but still not as bad as some Al Ghraib photos. Ahem.) Both the FBI and the CIA may soon be getting newer, spookier powers. Medical marijuana in this country is dead short of Congressional action. (Heh.) Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) signed anti-gay, anti-abortion laws--in a church school auditorium. Apple is switching to Intel chips.
Let me check my wrist. Yep, still says, "Never Surrender".
The good news is: Dino Rossi isn't going to be Governor of Washington any time soon.
The bad news is: Janice Brown gets to become a Federal judge. Katherine Harris, the woman responsible for stopping the recount in Florida in 2000, announced she is running for the Senate. A Los Alamos whistleblower was savagely beaten. (The photo is a little gruesome, but still not as bad as some Al Ghraib photos. Ahem.) Both the FBI and the CIA may soon be getting newer, spookier powers. Medical marijuana in this country is dead short of Congressional action. (Heh.) Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) signed anti-gay, anti-abortion laws--in a church school auditorium. Apple is switching to Intel chips.
Let me check my wrist. Yep, still says, "Never Surrender".
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
