"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys; he may look dumb but that's just a disguise; he's a mastermind in the ways of espionage." Charlie Daniels, "Uneasy Rider" September 01, 2008 - Posts - TT`s Lost in Tokyo

September 01, 2008 - Posts

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NYT on capacity problems in our regional/national power distribution grids; do we regulate or deregulate? by TokyoTom

The New York Times has an interesting article that points out how the use of new wind and solar capacity is being hobbled by power distribution limitations , which limits result in part from the reluctance of state regulators to approve projects that...
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Solar vs. deserts; or how "public" ownership of resources produces zero-sum political fights over preferences by TokyoTom

Ron Bailey , Science Correspondent of Reason Online , reported recently "how some environmental groups are fighting the development of utility-scale solar power in the Mojave Desert." As I have posted elsewhere on the role our government plays...
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Tom Friedman/NYT roots for freedom and property rights as ways to propel Chinese progress along the enviro Kuznets curve by TokyoTom

Here's the money quote from Tom Friedman 's interesting op-ed at the Sunday New York Times : " The problem for the ruling Communist Party is this: China can’t have a greener society without empowering citizens to become watchdogs and...
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