This article shows a graph of the price of oil from 1918 with the dollar adjusted to 2006 value. Doesn't the price of oil have something to do with the cost...
There's many reasons not to put much emphasis on this graph. The CPI formula and its changes over time is only one (though energy is not a big element of the...
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT BROWN BAG LUNCH Department of the Environment 11 Grove Street, EcoCenter Office June 19, 2006 12:00 1:00 PM, EcoCenter Office ...
http://coanews.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=960&PHPSESSID=281076eb9d42861775b824d75e328d7d Or if you prefer: http://tinyurl.com/gzmyl A fine ending to...
According to this (local) group, SF and Oakland rank in sustainability. For various cities, their reports include how dependent they are on private...
Ken Cheetham
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Jun 4, 2006 8:17 am
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Hi everyone, I came across an interesting article on the devaluation and weakening of the dollar, and thought I would post it as there has been some interest ...
Larry Fishman
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Jun 4, 2006 1:25 pm
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[read carefully: corn costs more to grow because it uses more fertilizer, i.e. petroleum! -- R] Published Saturday, June 3, 2006, by the Associated Press ...
Name of the film is An Inconvenient Truth, but the website on the sticker handed out on leaving the theater had the following url: ...
DANIEL NAKAMURA
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What is going on with prop C? Anybody have an idea of what this is about? I don't understand the motivation for it. It appears to give control of the...
It's meant to speed things up. I'm told things have been getting bureaucratically bogged down and Newsom has been too disengaged from this signature SF...
Smart might be coming over here to the states. That would be great. They make some very cool looking cars. Cars that get excellent gas mileage. I was in...
Yes the Smart cars sound great to me. However I am still holding out for the solar electric hybrids that are somewhere down the road.....They would have solar...
Solar electric hybrids sound great, but most people I think would not pay the premium just to be "green". On the other hand, small cost effective cars like...
From supervisor, sometimes viewed as "enfant terrible" by the local press, Chris Daly's office. You may notice he is no fan of our dear mayor, Gavin the...
Rob Bracken pointed me to this story in Energy Bulletin. "The capacity of raising (oil) production is a real challenge ... if we stay with this type of...
Wonder if Arnold will do the right thing and reduce the max speed on CA highways to 55 mph? This would have to be post-election of course. Going from 65+ back...
... But, remember, conservation, while noble, is not a solution to any peak resource. Maybe Jimmy was "on the right track," but ultimately that wouldn't have ...
Dear California Readers, It is time to act if you want to retain local control of seeds and plants. This is the pre-emption bill that will not only make any...
They are most certainly wrong. Here's the deal: - Current US gasoline consumption: 9.5 mmb/d - Ethanol required to replace current consumption: 14.6 mmb/d 14.6...
This was forwarded to me by a friend. Don't know how they reconcile the 3.5 million cars off the roads with light bulbs. Can anyone explain? David F,...
I like Dennis' explanation the best, but the equivalence here is the CO2 emissions avoided. EPA uses the same analogy when they talk about the electricity...
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