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Dave — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:17:49 +0000

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

Total Surface Area Required to Fuel the World (until 2030)

Dave — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:08:30 +0000

According to the US Department of Energy (Energy Information Administration), the world consumption of energy in all of its forms (barrels of petroleum, cubic meters of natural gas, watts of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadrillion Btu by 2030 – a 44% increase over 2008 levels. That’s a lot of energy. Saw this really interesting article that tries to project the total surface area required to fuel that 2030 world with ONLY SOLAR PANELS!

Below is a surprisingly sparse diagram. It’s kind of amazing to me how small the little squares are! Makes me think solar panel production companies would be a good thing to invest in! Germany, Japan and China seem to be in a really good place to reap the rewards of forward thinking… and dare I say it… socialistic government subsidies and legislation? Maybe a little socialism sprinkled on top isn’t the end of the world?… maybe it’s even the beginning of brave new world? Oh I’m sorry, government help in an industry is the wrong way to go… you might as well hand the country over to the pinko commies! Oh wait, what would you call the help we’ve been giving the corn / high-fructose / ethanol industries for the last 30 years? How about the auto industry? Savings and Loans? How about the financing industry in the last 2-3 years? Oh yeah, and what about that pesky military industrial complex our tax dollars have been funding? …so confused…ARGGG…don’t know who to hate…RRRARR…tree huggers…socialists…bankers…farmers… FOX News can you help me find a target for my rage?

And things don’t look quite as easy for wind turbines:

C’mon Congress, get us some affordable healthcare!

Dave — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:40:33 +0000

So… last night, our President gave a speech about health care reform. There was a little defense against all the so-called “Fair and Balanced” nonsense being circulated, (talk about manufacturing things to argue about… yes FOX News, I’m talking about that ridiculous scuffle about President Obama’s “Stay in School” speech.) but it was really inspiring last night, hearing him speak to Congress. Directly to Congress itself! He really seemed to be trying to get the politics to be put aside, and try to get these Washington folks to bring us affordable healthcare!

If you have an hour, the vid is below, but the good stuff starts around 20-25 minutes in.