I keep hearing all of this news about new "clean coal technology." It blows by mind. When exactly did coal become clean?
Carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal in power plants account for more than 30% of U.S. CO2 emissions every year. That is more than gasoline and diesel emissions combined. Coal also creates 1.5 times the emissions that natural gas does. Mmm-hmmm...squeaky clean. Read More »
During economic crises of such magnitude, it is imperative that we understand our current system of banking and finance. Such basic understanding is necessary in order to assess the impact that different fiscal, monetary, and economic policies have on civil rights, the environment, national security, and any other "issue". Read More »
What I cherish in Bataille: his worldview. All, he says, is but part of a system of interplaying energetic forces. The system is such as to desire violent excess, chaos. All is desire to overflow, to explode, to release, to expend. Energetic frenzy is seemingly suspended- it's slowed up, congealed... Until the breaking point. Read More »
Al Gore has it right. The time to act is NOW if we want to save our environment from damage we'll never come back from. It's time to put pressure on current and future leaders to address this climate issue. Read More »
This was originally sent to my godparents in response to one of their emails in which they asked for thoughts on how we would like to see the world change. I liked it so much that I decided to put it on here. Read More »
Ethanol is a promising new energy source, derived from corn and almost devoid of emissions when used in vehicles. It's easy to modify cars to use this energy source and already available in some pumps and in some vehicles. Read More »
Instead of going to war over the world’s current oil crisis, Sweden has decided to be proactive and become an oil-free nation by the year 2020. 2020 is only twelve years away. You may think that it would be impossible to make an entire country independent of oil in a mere span of twelve years, but Sweden is dead set on working to meet this goal. Read More »
there is so much around in the world and sometimes you have to explore the possiblities to open your life. when you explore the world and not in a geographic sense, but as in examining and dwelving into the diverse jobs or organizations, clubs, whatever. Sometimes when I watch a film I don't understand why they don't give the character jobs that are rare or unique. Read More »
