Tag Archives: energy

NYTimes.com – Whatever Nuclear Power’s Threat, No Easy Alternatives

Not typ­i­cally known but true, espe­cially when tak­ing into account the pol­lu­tants that coal plants emit.

March 20, 2011 – 2:46 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts, Science, Security | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – China, Twitter and 20-Year-Olds vs. the Pyramids

Do you really need a bet­ter expla­na­tion for why the revolts happened?

February 20, 2011 – 2:53 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – From Sputnik to SunShot

60% drop in about 15 years, another 75% per­cent drop over next decade with more empha­sis on renew­able energy sources seems totally doable.

February 19, 2011 – 3:48 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – I Believe I Can Fly

Fried­man on the stated Repub­li­can agenda for the next Congress.

November 15, 2010 – 12:06 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

FiveThirtyEight – Politics Done Right: Cap-and-Trade is Dead; Long Live Cap-and-Trade

Nate Sil­ver once again wins points for not just being a great sta­tis­ti­cian but an astute polit­i­cal observer.

July 28, 2010 – 12:09 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Drilling Bill Passes, Drilling Occurs Years From Today

Some Con­gres­sional Repub­li­cans have skipped head­ing home dur­ing the August break to instead park out at Con­gress and try to pres­sure the Democ­rats to vote and debate on energy bills. Okay, first off a cou­ple of Twit­ter mes­sages that might pro­vide some back­ground into this issue. John Cul­ber­son, a House Repub­li­can from Texas, who uses Twit­ter …

August 4, 2008 – 7:32 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in General News, Politics | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off