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Why I’m an Optimist: Large Scale Macro Trends

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Thanos

So it is that I am a confident optimist based on the past example of our long history. Whatever pratfalls, missteps, and tumbles that humanity has taken we have always managed to dust off and carry on with the journey after. As we witness one of those pratfalls that will become the biggest environmental disaster since we started recording them in the Gulf of Mexico I am also confident that over time the problem can be overcome Continue reading →

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What we Know About Climate Change

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Thanos

A new video from Peter Sinclair who outlines some of the very basic and elementary facts and proofs of man made global warming, and how they are supported. I’ve known about man made global warming since the 1980’s, when I … Continue reading →

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Things That Wake You in the Night

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Thanos

Things that wake you in the night What wakes you from sound sleep in the middle of the night? For me it’s usually thoughts of mortality – the past few years it’s been the mortality of our species, or the … Continue reading →

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Virgin CEO Branson Fully Favors Nuclear Energy

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Thanos

Virgin CEO Branson Fully Favors Nuclear Energy Richard is somewhat halting in public speaking but what he says here is very pertinent and right on the money. This is exactly in synch with what oil economy specialists say, especially in … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Nuclear Energy Limbo

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Thanos

If a cap and a price are imposed on carbon dioxide emissions, [nuclear] plants could be among the biggest economic winners in the vast economic shifts that would be created by greenhouse gas regulations. Continue reading →

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Just the Shot in the Arm the Economy Needs

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Thanos

Barack Obama again on why your electricity bill must raise…. to paraphrase him ” uh… if you can convince enough people of that, then…”  I have a freaking bridge to sell you. This isn’t what our economy needs, this isn’t … Continue reading →

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Enough is Enough

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Thanos

;”>”Today, he claimed that the Congressional stimulus package was his idea. That’s news to those of us in Congress who supported it. Senator Obama didn’t even show up to vote. Continue reading →

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Biden Voted Against the Trans Alaska Pipeline

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Thanos

Sarah Palin is very eloquent and convincing in this argument against the Obama/Biden energy plan, please watch the entire interview — she covers a host of salient points. Continue reading →

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Who is WE? WE is Anti-Nuclear Activists and Energy Stasists

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Thanos

Who is WE? WE is Anti-Nuclear Activists and Energy Stasists In the series of articles titled “Gore Lied, Peopled Died” and others on global warming here I outlined and demonstrated how Kyoto and other global warming initiatives create energy and food poverty worldwide which leads … Continue reading →

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You Know Things Are Bad When

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Thanos

You know thing are bad when the UN calls for Capitalism. Ban Ki Moon called for the end to tariffs, protectionism, and trade barriers in face of mounting food inflation: “We simply cannot afford to fail,” the UN secretary general … Continue reading →

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