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Consumer Demand May Breath Life Into an Endangered Species
By John Messeder at May 18, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
The 2011 Census of Agriculture by Statistics Canada reveals the past five years have seen a 10 percent reduction in the number of farms in our northern neighbor’s inventory.
But the average farm size has increased by about seven… Read the rest
[...read more]While We Subsidize Fossil Fuels, One American Industrial Giant Invests In Green Technology
By John Messeder at May 15, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
While some of our politicians and fossil fuel barons try, with varying success, to convince us we’re not digging up enough coal, oil or natural gas, the folks who we are told are selling us our oil are busy… Read the rest
[...read more]Sometimes It Takes Us All To Share The Expense
By John Messeder at May 11, 2012 | 10:21 am | 0 Comment
Wind power, a Pennsylvania state politician recently said, is accomplishing one thing: spending taxpayer money.
But there is growing evidence it is doing other, more positive things, such as creating jobs and supplying the electrical grid – with considerably… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Featured , Marcellus Shale , Pennsylvania Issues
Late May Not Be Better Than Never
By John Messeder at May 8, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Last month, the EPA announced new regulations that will require natural gas drillers to capture the methane they ordinarily allow to escape before they cap their well. The new rules take effect in 2015.
Last week, the Department of… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Featured , Marcellus Shale , Pennsylvania Issues , Political
Computers Are Good At Step-By-Step, But Only A Human Can Be, Well, Human
By John Messeder at May 4, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Making campground reservations at a state park can be pretty easy. You get on the computer and click into the desired park, then click to make a reservation. You tell the computer what space you want, and your credit… Read the rest
[...read more]Replacing Humans With Machines Not Necessarily a Cost Savings
By John Messeder at May 1, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
The Messeder Space Pod (for want, at present, of a better name) finally is ready to go. My co-pilot in life and other travels went visiting her sister a couple months ago, and came home in love with an… Read the rest
[...read more]Speaking of Bullies, Case In Point
By John Messeder at April 27, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Vermont residents would like to know what the heck is in their food. Particularly, they would like to know whether they are buying genetically engineered produce, or the naturally occurring kind.
So they went to their legislature to ask… Read the rest
[...read more]Facts vs Truth; Asking Questions The Only Way To Get Answers
By John Messeder at April 24, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
In a television news piece, the interviewee said: “We’ve lost three trillion dollars to tax evasion in the past 10 years.”
Is that true? The reporter did not ask how that number was derived.
There is an old story… Read the rest
[...read more]Hydroelectric Power – An Alternative To Burning Dead Carbon Lifeforms
By John Messeder at April 20, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the nation’s dams not currently being used to generate electricity could, if equipped, supply more than 12 gigawatts of power to run coffee pots, computers, and cars.
One gigawatt is enough to… Read the rest
[...read more]EPA Not To Blame For Closing Refineries
By John Messeder at April 17, 2012 | 12:37 pm | 0 Comment
There is a lot of talk lately about how the price of gas in the northeast is going to continue to rise over the summer because Sunoco and ConocoPhillips have shut down, or are about to shut down, their… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Featured , Pennsylvania Issues , Political
