Sunday, June 20, 2010
Demel Multi Max
I bought a Dremel Multimax for a flooring replacement project, largely because the ads looked pretty neat and I needed a saw for door jambs. The tool worked as advertised. When I did my part, it cut neatly, quickly and accurately. Looks like a good tool to have around for home projects.
Sustainable Biomass?
This article
from the NYT on sustainable electricity from burning trees points out a bunch of problems with this whole green concept and leaves a few out. It takes 20 years of tree growth to produce pines that might be usable. The amount of land for growing trees to sustain one 47 mW plant is huge. Pine is not as good as the slower growing hardwoods. Pine is more polluting. In fact, wood is as, if not more, polluting than hard coal. Emissions controls would need to be as, or more stringent, than coal plants. The high moisture content makes the fuel less efficient. Bark and chip burning plants generally die pretty quickly based strictly on economics. The article certainly doesn't mention the cost of the electricity produced or how much of the cost in the form of price and subsidies the public gets to pay. Not a good idea
HT Instapundit
from the NYT on sustainable electricity from burning trees points out a bunch of problems with this whole green concept and leaves a few out. It takes 20 years of tree growth to produce pines that might be usable. The amount of land for growing trees to sustain one 47 mW plant is huge. Pine is not as good as the slower growing hardwoods. Pine is more polluting. In fact, wood is as, if not more, polluting than hard coal. Emissions controls would need to be as, or more stringent, than coal plants. The high moisture content makes the fuel less efficient. Bark and chip burning plants generally die pretty quickly based strictly on economics. The article certainly doesn't mention the cost of the electricity produced or how much of the cost in the form of price and subsidies the public gets to pay. Not a good idea
HT Instapundit
Friday, June 18, 2010
Obama's Expensive 10 minutes
The presidential desparation to sell the stimulus as working was estimated to cost $500,000 to $1,000,000 for a 10-minute speech. In honor of the presidential speech, construction workers were laid off with no pay for the day.
It's time for real results and not fluff and nonsense.
It's time for real results and not fluff and nonsense.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Inexcusable Federal Obstruction
The oil-sucking barges work and the Coast Guard shuts it down. The Feds are bound and determined to make this tragedy worse than it has to be. It is past time folks started getting fired.
hat tip Drudge
hat tip Drudge
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Obama Plan
Obama's plan is BP bad, BP gonna pay. Tonight he did little to assure me that there was any real plan to protect the coasts and restoration. Cap and Tax, stopping drilling, and beating up BP will destroy the country. Just how many gallons of oil does a lawyer suck up?
We have been had by absolute lack of experience.
We have been had by absolute lack of experience.
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