In the comments of my previous post on Manitoba Wind Farms, David Billington asked, ” It would be interesting to know the economics of wind energy compared to fossil fuels as a source of electric power.” Indeed it would. And as if it were simply meant to be… out came a very timely article. It’s …
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This is how wars start… Iran and the US
Last November, the UK government accused Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgents with advanced bomb making materials originating from Hezbollah in Lebanon. Yesterday, March 7, the United States, through Donald Rumsfeld, accused Iran of “infiltrating Iraq” with para-military forces to stir up trouble, mainly in the South. Asked whether the alleged insertion of Iranian forces into …
Do what we say not what we do.
In another wonderful example of American (and not necessarily only Bush&Co) hypocrisy… we have this story. The Bush administration is developing plans to design and deploy refurbished or replacement warheads for the nuclear stockpile, and by 2030 to modernize the production complex so that, if required, it could produce new generations of weapons with different …