Daily Archives: Tue, Jun 3, 2008

End of the line

Posted on Tue, Jun 3, 2008 by paul

The long Democratic primary process is over. It was “A Campaign to Hate” according to Richard Cohen in The Washington Post. Yes, voter participation is way up and in the end, the Democrats will choose a woman or an African … Continue reading →

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Running out of rare metals

Posted on Tue, Jun 3, 2008 by paul

Information Week (2007): Dwindling of Rare Metals Imperils Innovation Here’s where Kurzweil’s dream of solar panels everywhere falls apart. [R]eserves of elements from platinum (used not only in every pollution-reducing automobile catalytic converter in use today but also in fuel … Continue reading →

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