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Pioneer Press refute

rl — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:34:02 -0500

When ever I purchase a Minnesota newspaper I purchase the Pioneer Press, because if the majority of residence religiously read the other paper there is a high possibility that those readers' perceptions are status que. The publishing of the article by Max Schulz 3-26-09 (Let's at least be honest about renewable energy's costs) disproves my theory.

Big Stone ll Thrown into Environmental Pool

rl — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:32:47 -0600

Big Stone ll Thrown into Environmental Pool

Splash Waves Less Damaging Further from Source

The Envelope, Please

rl — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:21:28 -0600

Living in the frozen surrounds of Minnesota in January a familiar greeting one often hears is, “Global Warming, ha. Where is it?” It was a great mistake for the scientific communities to to rely on the main stream media to present a catastrophic conclusion to the consumption ideology that drives the existence of mass being.

Monticello Nuclear Power Plant

rl — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:43:40 -0600

6o Year Life of Nuclear Power Plant Core

Excel Energy is conducting public hearings concerning its proposal to increasing its electrical output from the Monticello, Minnesota Nuclear Power Plant (MMNPP). I attended a meeting held at Saint Cloud State University (SCSU).

American Pile

rl — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:46:14 -0600

Sung to Don McLean's “American Pie”

A long long time ago

I can still remember

What a dollar used to buy

Solar Power Satellites

rl — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:23:04 -0500

An article published in the Minneapolis Tribune (10l20l08) written by Ben Bova projects one of the potential solutions in resolving the externalities associated with electric energy production by combustion.

Ben's article is not reporting a new proposal; in fact I first read about photovoltaic (solar) cells attached to outer space satellites back in the eighties.

Green Energy-part two

rl — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:24:59 -0500

Another energy usage issue is the controversial desire by the electric utilities in Northern Minnesota to increase the kilowatt rate by 24%. A request to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) is under consideration. Minnesota Power a electricity power producer providing electric energy in Northern Minnesota stated that because of provisions stipulated by the DOE it cannot economically maintain providing electricity. The previous “Green Energy” article explains the DOE requirements.

Green Energy

rl — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:30:57 -0500

Two interesting energy topics are confronting electric energy users in the Midwest now. The first is a story written by a commercial farm supply retailer and, the other is an electric rate increase in northern Minnesota.

I receive many stories either written or verbal on wind turbines and/or energy conservation. I investigate them all.

9/11-AIG Collapse

rl — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:35:52 -0500

The 9/11 Collapse – The AIG Collapse

As I listened to the public/ social pundits analyze the economic turbulence that the AIG collapse inflicted and will continue to cripple everyone's money management system I wonder if the cause of the Wall Street collapse is from the collapse of the Twin Towers that occurred in 2001.

Energy Policy Hubris

rl — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:28:06 -0500

The time spent reading and listening to both Presidential contending parties' conventions is reflected as another waste of time. It's not that I expected any differences from the past but; with the rapidly changing ecology along with it's twin, the economy; how do the followers that attended both conventions in Denver and Saint Paul remain so optimistic of their own futures while chanting “change”?

Don't they realize that the change that the U.S.