The US Dollar dropped below 0.92 CHF (Swiss Franks), yesterday. It is still there this morning at 0.918 CHF. In a way, that’s a hidden inflation. A McDonalds burger costs over 8CHF here, that’s over $8 for a burger that costs under $2 in the States, even at California prices!

On other fronts:

My Electric Vehicle study got bogged down in research. ( Read more... )

Note that I lived in Simi for over a year and my brother still lives there.


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Does Israel finally come in out of the ambiguous cold?

"Iran openly, explicitly and publicly threatens to wipe Israel off the map," Olmert said. "Can you say that this is the same level, when you are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel, Russia?"
It doesn't look like much, does it? Frankly, I don't see where this is ( Read more... )

The US Government screws the red man again.

It's a classic case of governmental neglect.

North Korea tested a nuclear weapon! This has been confirmed through seismic readings ( Read more... )

For years, he has been ignoring N Korea and it's issues. Then, when they have grown bad enough, he finally starts barking. As a guard dog, he's useless.

A Classic example of geeks not 'getting it' is the TIS-1 laser rifle. The issue is not one of 'will it fire'. In all truth, it probably will. The issue is actually too simple for geeks to get. It's called polonium. It's a radioactive substance ( Read more... )

I was reading the other day where a number of States volunteered to reduce CO2 emissions. There is, of course, much applause from our local green knight eco-nazis.

Strange that all of them assume that our civilization put more junk in the air than thisI know whats driving those US States, all of them have a nuclear infrastructure and they would ( Read more... )

The BBC still doesn't get it. The US can't sign the Kyoto Accords. The Kyoto Accords are a boondoggle anyway. The G8 are foolish to think that they can effect global climate. When the weather changes, get the fuck out of the rain! In this case, they need to think about migrating our civilization off of the at-risk shoreline before the seas rise too ( Read more... )

According to this, China and India also wont sign, for similar reasons (I'll discuss the African debt issue under a different heading).

It works like this:

1. Most of remaining US pollution sources are fossil-fuel power generators, mostly coal.
2. Remaining US industry and business relies heavily on the availability of reliable and cost-effective power.
3. ( Read more... )