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Face the Music: We Will Lose in Iraq and Afghanistan | Stephen M. Walt
Seeded on Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:20 AM EDT (Foreignpolicy)
More broadly, these wars were lost because there is an enormous difference between defeating a third-rate conventional army (which is what Saddam had) and governing a restive, deeply-divided, and well-armed population with a long-standing aversion to all forms of foreign interfer …
France To Ban Fracking
Seeded on Thu May 12, 2011 12:55 PM EDT (Silicon Alley Insider)
The French Parliament has voted 287-146 to ban hydraulic fracturing or fracking, a crucial part of the shale gas extraction process that activists say is harmful to the environment, according to France24.
Cost of Wind Power — Kicks Coal's Butt, Better than Natural Gas (& Could Power Your EV for $0.70/gallon)
Seeded on Sun May 1, 2011 11:47 PM EDT ()
AWEA figures show that the average wind PPAs are now being priced at about 6 cents per kilowatt-hour, the same price for energy procurements from a combined cycle natural gas plant. The group says wind is actually about 2 cents cheaper than coal-fired electricity
Emerging Tech: Power Plant: One Small Leaf Could Electrify an Entire Home
Seeded on Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:39 PM EDT (technewsworld.com)
Scientists at MIT have created what may be the first practical artificial leaf -- a device about the size of a playing card capable of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen and storing the energy in a fuel cell.
How We Lost Afghanistan's Once-Peaceful North
Seeded on Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:34 AM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
On Friday, a bomb blast at a crowded mosque in Afghanistan's Takhar province killed 20 people, among them Governor Mohammed Omar of neighboring Kunduz province.
Edmunds.com Recommends Shift From MPG Emphasis
Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:11 PM EST (Edmunds AutoObserver)
Edmunds.com, parent of AutoObserver, late last week submitted a recommendation to the U.S.
Operation Praline: The Realization of Al-Suri's Nizam, la Tanzim?
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 2:53 AM EST (terrorismanalysts.com)
Abu Musab al-Suri, also known as Mustafa Sethmariam Nasar, is currently being held in American custody in an unspecified location. Since he was arrested in Quetta, Pakistan in late October 2005[3] and was handed over into American custody he has dropped off the grid.
Strong messages in Pakistan
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 2:29 AM EST (atimes.com)
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Pakistan to meet with government officials, civic leaders, businesspeople, and even leaders of the political opposition.
Europe stoops to conquer the uzbeks
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 2:21 AM EST (atimes.com)
The worsening Afghan war has brought some good news for Uzbekistan. On Tuesday, the European Union announced it was lifting a four-year old arms embargo against Uzbekistan.
DOE: No $30M for Ohio Plant
Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:23 PM EDT
The Department of Energy said Thursday it no longer expects to give $30 million for demonstration work at a uranium-enrichment plant in southern Ohio.
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