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Fossil fuels are still beating all other energy worldwide 21 Apr 2013 | 11:00 pm
The fact about total subsidies is still something I beat the drum about, that fossil fuels are subsidized more than alternative energy, something that has to change: “Worldwide, more coal power is bei...
Foodies in Ghana 21 Apr 2013 | 10:56 pm
Cool. I love seeing this sort of stuff. “At first glance, Republic, a revolution-themed bar in one of Accra’s busiest nightlife districts, could be any of the Ghanaian capital’s hotspots. Artsy reside...
Zeroing in on Amtrak 20 Apr 2013 | 04:38 pm
I point out something similar when I created a spreadsheet of profitable Amtrak routes and thought about how to make it profitable (quit running long ass lines through red-state areas of low density, ...
Stephen M. Walt on Boston 19 Apr 2013 | 11:18 pm
“Whatever their motives were, it certainly doesn’t appear to be some sort of well-oiled terrorist plot. As one tweeter I read noted, a sophisticated and well-financed terrorist organization doesn’t tr...
Compulsory science fiction reading in West Virginia? 19 Apr 2013 | 09:45 pm
Interesting. Though I hate forcing kids to read. Much more of a ‘offer them a cornucopia of interesting titles and get them addicted’ sort of person. The ‘compulsory’ in any reading, even my favorite ...
Arctic Rising has a UK edition cover now! And more details… 18 Apr 2013 | 11:33 pm
Hey, look, the UK cover for Arctic Rising is up on Amazon UK, as well as this post by my UK agency. Arctic Rising will be in bookstores in the UK this July! The cover is by the awesome Lee Gibbons! (A...
Two super-Earths found in habitable zone orbits around Kepler-62 18 Apr 2013 | 11:19 pm
Dude! “Scanning the heavens, you might very well miss the star Kepler-62. It’s a rather typical star, slightly smaller, cooler, and more orange than the Sun, much like tens of billions of other stars ...
Togather, permission based marketing, and moving forward 18 Apr 2013 | 10:11 pm
Back on the 9th I posted a link to questions people had about a service called Togather that was sending out press releases to people who had reviewed my stuff or mentioned me on their pages. They’d d...
One of the cooler video game trailers I’ve ever seen 18 Apr 2013 | 10:06 pm
Without a doubt, one of the coolest, smoothest video game trailers ever. Hilarious. Ship’s about to get real: Thanks to John Joseph Adams on Twitter for the link.
China overtaking US in green energy research 18 Apr 2013 | 02:15 am
Whoever invests in it, will own the profits from it down the road when everyone else is playing catch up or buying the technology from the person who invented it. Glad to see China taking cap-and-trad...
