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A new American president was sworn in today. Thank you Mr. Obama, for taking the job. May your leadership find only the greatest success! We have a lot of work to do, but we are ready, willing and able, sir!
I like Obamas proposal to invest $150 billion dollars in tried and true renewables over 10 years. McCains emphasis is on electric cars, but this idea to try to encourage a better battery to come out of the lab in Michigan has its risks(of not happening. Some of the other proposals to manage energy policy [...]
Many people believe in a utopia either in this world or the next. Fundamentalist religious or other narrowing beliefs, seem to relate to repression and violence. And this has probably been true for many thousands of years, like a cancer on the human condition. Today we call them terrorists and they are we have this [...]
Continue reading about The opposite of Sustainable is Apocalyptic
Well, here we are, 2008 and the political will to change energy consumption patterns in the USA is still “Do nothing Know nothing”. Blame the politicians and the gridlock in Washington for that. Until we get some strong leadership at the federal level, we will have to coast on the strength (or weaknesses) of our [...]
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.” Thomas Jefferson Green = sustainable IMPLIES Not green = OUR LEADERSHIP in government “Slowly it turned. Inch by inch.” Movement toward a real environmental policy still moves at a snails pace. The struggling economy is getting top billing these days. [...]
More than ever, E.F. Shumacher was right! Small_is_Beautiful Federal Reserve Chairman presiding over the massive correction in housing prices in other words Central banker Ben Bernanke, is bursting the bubble because he has to, and besides, he is the boss!
The links on the right are expanding bit by bit. I have discovered and added a very important link about design process metrics. It deals with the economics of design. Bill for Value and Profit by Michael Webber. Fascinating reading about the main asset of architectural and engineering design consultants, people. ‘Managing A/E design: metrics [...]
Continue reading about A/E Design business and a few links to reading on it
Wally Schirra, a hero to me as a young boy, rocketed into space three times, the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini AND Apollo space programs, has died at the age of 84. He also co-anchored space flight coverage with Walter Cronkite, on CBS, from 1969-75. He noticed environmental damage to our atmosphere [...]
Continue reading about Walter Schirra, Jr., NASA Astronaut, 1923-2007
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