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I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
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Both hand clapping. Regulators set ‘path forward’ for Boulder, but will deny much of electric utility plan – Boulder Daily Camera The Public Utilities Commission deliberated Wednesday in Boulder’s electric utility case, and stopped just shy of outright denying the … Continue reading
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Solar Pushback: Cutbacks in subsidies indicate future of solar may be dimming Nuggets include: “The fundamental problem is it’s not economically sustainable,” said Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center, a think tank in Washington state. One major issue is … Continue reading
Wind: Take way that government cheese
Vestas Wind Systems trims about 200 more Colorado jobs “The looming expiration of the production-tax credit is leading to a boom in 2012 wind installations,” he said. “We forecast that the boom in 2012 will be followed by a bust … Continue reading
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Colorado’s own Solyndra: Abound Solar. 10/9 # 5:36p changed “About Solar” to “Abound Solar”. Good grief. 😉
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Just Kidding…
And alternative energy still isn’t close to being competitive with fossil fuels.
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Wind industry losing jobs
Reuters: Obama’s ‘Green Collar’ Jobs Have Been a Bust •Since 2009, the wind industry has lost 10,000 jobs, even as the energy capacity of wind farms has almost doubled. By contrast, the oil and gas industry have created 75,000 jobs … Continue reading
T Boone Pickens warning to Boulder
“I’m in the wind business … I’ve lost my ass in the business.” Host Joe Scarborough said laughing, “You’ve invested more in alternative energy than anybody else.” “Exactly,” replied Pickens. “My issue is not political. I mean, this is an … Continue reading
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President Obama’s energy policy – Coming soon to a ctiy near you!
This debacle proves to be the epitome of President Obama’s energy policy—give preference to financially unsustainable, politically connected green energy companies over proven, revenue generating sources of energy. Sadly, as these green energy companies go bankrupt at the expense of … Continue reading
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Matt Ridley: The Beginning Of The End Of Wind
Hallelujah. To the nearest whole number, the percentage of the world’s energy that comes from wind turbines today is: zero. Despite the regressive subsidy (pushing pensioners into fuel poverty while improving the wine cellars of grand estates), despite tearing rural … Continue reading
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Not one of them was turning
Right on the Left Coast: On the crests of the foothills at Altamont are almost 5000 wind turbines. Not one of them was turning that I could see. It was a semi-cloudy November day in the Bay Area and even … Continue reading
Glenn Reynolds: But Solyndra isn’t just a case of bad judgment. But it’s green energy so almost any amount of poor judgment and cronyism is “OK”.
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A Gold Rush of Subsidies in Clean Energy Search
Sweet. Out tax dollars at work subsidizing clean energy. No objections from Boulderites I suspect. What I’d like to know is at what level, if any, would Boulderites object to government subsidies for “clean” energy? The project is also a … Continue reading
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Solyndra
During a visit to the Fremont facility in spring of 2010, the President said the factory “is just a testament to American ingenuity and dynamism and the fact that we continue to have the best universities in the world, the … Continue reading
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“Oh, hell! Shut up about my light bulbs. Just. Shut. The. Fuck. Up.”
Ann Althouse commenting on this NY Times light bulb commentary.
Corn inventories at lowest level since Dust Bowl days
Wonder why? The problem here is the mandate, which assumes that corn — which is used in pretty much everything from plastics to baby powder to animal feed — will continue to see record yields. I live and grew up … Continue reading
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Algae may be the fuel of the future
Interesting. What exactly is the fuel? Algal fuels are made by extracting and refining the lipids within algae. Algae are attractive biofuel feedstock because it grows quickly and thrives in everything from seawater to irrigation runoff to sewage. How much … Continue reading
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Coming soon to Boulder
Not enough electricity It’s so so easy to imagine these words coming from Boulder City Council… “Steve Holliday is the UK’s power czar, basically. He’s the CEO of National Grid. He is predicting that, because the UK is moving to … Continue reading
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The case for natural gas
I saw this Mad Money interview between Jim Cramer and Congressman John Sullivan (R) from Oklahoma while exercising on the elliptical machine this evening.
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Frightening
In more ways than one! Government tyranny necessary to save the planet. Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles must be channeling Nancy Pelosi, or perhaps it’s the other way around. Doesn’t matter, they are both on the same wavelength. Here’s Cowles … Continue reading
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