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I don’t pretend to know a whole lot about American politics and generally avoid commenting for that reason however, the addition of Sarah Palin to the Republican party presidential campaign meant I had to say something!
Sarah Palin is less of a friend to the environment than George Bush. I know that may be difficult to believe but remember that Gov Palin is from the state of Alaska whose economy is tied in pretty closely with oil and gas.
Consider that Gov Palin, earlier this year, sued the Bush Administration over its decision to place the Polar Bear under the protection of the Endangered Species Act , claiming that climate models predicting the continued loss of sea ice - the main habitat of polar bears - are unreliable! This at a time when North Pole has become an island for the first time the last 125,000 years as climate change has made it possible to circumnavigate the Arctic ice cap .
Then there is her recent about-face on dril...
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd Monday that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins with the Southern state.... more
Palin rallies crowd at first of four rallies
Sarah Palin is on a barnstorming tour of the state of Georgia
today, campaigning for fellow Republican Saxby Chambliss. The
incumbant senator faces a runoff election tomorrow against
challenger Jim Martin, his Democrat challenger. With votes still
being recounted in the Minnesota senate contest between Al Franken
and Norm Coleman, the outcome of Tuesday’s Georgia runoff could
determine the size of the Democrats’ majority in... more
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Georgia voters to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday’s runoff in an election eve appeal that underscored her popularity within the Republican Party and the GOP’s efforts to stave off erosion of its shrinking Senate numbers.... more
Yummy! From: blogher.com Post Date: 2008-10-26 15:51:43
LOL! This is great! Well, in the spirit of bipartisanship, I say cook and serve them both in the same meal--chilli, ribs, what more can you ask for? Now I just need to know what Gov Palin and Sen Biden will be contributing to the cookout...
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast ... more
Here’s where I’m sitting - upin the top left. If you see the TV shots, my little group is above the "U" in USA. Gov Palin will be facing away from us, but perhaps that means I’ll be able to get a rear view of Todd Palin (if he’s here...
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I found this story Interesting.
Apparently after the first “green” CebIT Greenpeace accused games console vendors of ignoring environmental concerns. some of the language and framing in the story is pretty darned strident.
Worldwide computer use requires 14 power stations for the necessary electricity, producing more harmful carbon dioxide emissions than the entire airline industry - not including the emissions created and manufacturing and shipping around the products i... more
Is SaaS Green? From: greenmonk.net Post Date: 2008-05-29 06:52:04
Is a hosted app more Green than hosting your own? Is Software as a Service (SaaS) more environmentally than the more traditional models?
I contacted a number of SaaS vendors (who, admittedly, may have a vested interest in this!) but the answers were a resounding yes.
Chris Yeh, for example, from PBWiki did some quick back of the envelop calculations and replied with:
PBwiki hosts 500,000+ wikis on a total of 20 servers
If a server consumes 200 watts of power, that... more
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I wrote a post a couple of weeks back saying that the sooner oil reaches $200 per barrel, the better . Unsurprisingly, it generated a bit of comment !
So I was mighty chuffed to read Thomas Friedman’s superb Op-Ed in the New York Times yesterday where he made a very similar argument.
Thomas said:
there is no short-term fix for gasoline prices. Prices are what they are as a result of rising global oil demand from India, China and a rapidly g... more
I see the LA Times is reporting that the San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District ’s board of directors voted overwhelmingly (15-1) in favour of levying a carbon tax on businesses.
The tax will be 4.4 cents per tonne of CO2 emitted which, in reality is paltry:
More than 2,500 businesses will be required to pay the proposed fees. About seven power plants and oil refineries would have to pay more than $50,000 a year, but the majority of businesses would pay less t... more
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