++In my freelance days at Omni magazine, I did a piece on the fusion projects of GE. At that time they were working on fusion reactors that could fit into a garage. The promise of fusion energy has been the fool's gold for decades.
++Today, Lockheed Martin's "Skunk Works" announced its would have a working reactor by the year 2017, which would go commercial in 2020 and then could produce all the world's energy needs by 2050. In light of the recent reports on Global Climate Change, I really hope this could be true and that the fossil fuel industry doesn't kill it.
++Speaking of which, John Cushman in a piece "Keystone and Beyond" argues that the Keystone XL Pipeline is already obsolete. He writes that its was based on the Bush policy to rapidly approve all pipelines so the United States would not import oil from unstable places. With the U.S.' own oil and gas production,the issue is rapidly becoming moot.
++Geological studies are now finding that the pathway for the pipeline is prone to earthquakes.
++Marco Rubio said today that he doesn't believe humans are the cause of climate change, even as Florida faces threats from rising tides earlier than has been expected.
++The Koch-funded ALEC has waged war against alternative energy sources in state capitals. Their latest stunt is in Koch Industries' home state of Kansas, where they are trying to destroy the state's wind turbine industry. The gay Koch Brother has been fighting wind turbines off his vacation home in Massachusetts for years. This is likely to be a personal pique, not solely an ideological one.
++President Obama, our Stealth President, launched a $ 2 billion solar energy initiative this week. I guess he's hoping no one will notice. Some of his best alternative energy initiatives were hidden deep in the stimulus bill.
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