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Musings on the crises we face … and the need for capital

April 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The news isn’t good. There is discussion of a US recession and its impacts globally when the appropriate analogy might be depression (financial and otherwise).  Energy prices (partially driven by Peak Oil and other Peaking elements) are continuing their upwards path that might only be stunted by that global recession.  Food prices are escalating, across the board, while […]

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Tags: conservation · Energy · energy efficiency · financial policy · Global Warming

Dominion CEO Disconnected from Reality

April 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Dominion CEO Disconnected from Reality

“Those who seek to demonize coal or eliminate its use are, quite honestly, disconnected from reality.”  Dominion Resources CEO Thomas F Farrell, II  What is the reality that we are disconnected from? The 3.5 million tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxide, 10 million tons of sulfur dioxide, 48 tons of mercury, 56 tons of arsenic, 134,000 […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · coal · dominion virginia power · electricity · emissions · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · greenwashing · pollution