Suzanne Vega … Toni Childs … Roberta Flack … voices with lyrics that, through my life, have found their ways to touch my soul. Tracy Chapman’s haunting voice is one that does not just touch, but often sears my soul, with lyrics that speak to me in new ways almost every time that I […]
“Experiencing the Rape of the World …”
December 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Global Warming
Fee-bating toward an Energy Smart future: The French path
December 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Energize America has long had a FeeBate incorporated into it to encourage a more rapid move toward more fuel efficient, lower polluting vehicles. Charge a sliding FEE on low mileage, high polluting vehicles and give a reBATE to high mileage, low polluting vehicles. Balance this such that the collected Fees pay a good share of the […]
Tags: automobiles
Excessiveness defined? One Boston Christmas light display …
December 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments
By Jamaica Pond, in Boston, Dominic Luberto comes close to defining excess when it comes to lighting. Having spent over $10,000 on lights, just this year, he will have over 250,000 lights up. Estimated electric bill of $2000 per month (although, to be honest, this sounds like an embarassed understatement of actual costs). “But, when […]
Tags: Global Warming
Energy COOL: Solar Busing Down Under
December 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Adelaide, Australia, has become the home for an-all electric city bus, the Tindo. The icing on the cake: the Tindo (aboriginal word for sun) will get its electricity from a $AU550,000 solar PV system on Adelaide’s central bus station. Even better: rides are free as part of Adelaide’s public transport system.