Monthly Archives: April 2006

The energy future — burning water

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Thanos

“The Future’s going to happen.” — The Future and its Enemies, Virginia Postrel In the last article I defined the problem, and will summarize it again below: Like it or not we are a high energy society — any city … Continue reading →

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New Nukes NOW!

Posted on April 9, 2006 by Thanos

I was going to write a long, gentle, series of articles on why the US is going to have to build a lot of nuclear power plants soon whether we really want to or not. That is where the energy series will … Continue reading →

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Sunday Hodgepodge

Posted on April 9, 2006 by Thanos

An assortment of things this Sunday: Today is Iraq Freedom Day, the third anniversary of the fall of Saddam. Things are getting better in Iraq, but the media isn’t presenting that, so a few efforts are underway to help them … Continue reading →

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Creating the news — Jerry Springer meets Dan Rather

Posted on April 7, 2006 by Thanos

News is a product. It’s a product that sells best if the cachet is prejudice or fear, and it’s apparent that in the race for viewers all the stops are being pulled out by Dateline NBC. You have to wonder about their willingness … Continue reading →

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Iraq: more excellent news

Posted on April 7, 2006 by Thanos

The prestigious and moderate-to-liberal think tank known as the Brookings institute has a great new study out that shows past trends in Iraq vs. present. Everything, while not perfectly rosy, is trending well. American deaths are declining,

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Energy ?! What, me worry?

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Thanos

This is the first of several articles on the subject of energy, what the future looks like, and most of all about our responsibilities. Unlike most folks looking at the problem I am not going to assume that we are … Continue reading →

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Fifteen minutes, or six hours?

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Thanos

If UBL is found do we want to be there in fifteen minutes, or four to six hours? Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Thanos

Welcome to my new online journal, I had to blow the old one out the pipes during upgrade to 2.0. Now that the frustration of upgrading to 2.0.2 is over I can take some time and put some content here. While you … Continue reading →

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