Daily Archives: October 16, 2012

Your Flat Screen TV Is Bad For The Environment

What are we going to do with all these retired LCD TV’s? Treehugger discusses Researchers at Purdue University realized we were facing a major e-waste problem — 3 million tons of e-waste were generated in the U.S. in 2007 alone — one that was about to get worse as people began retiring LCD flat-screen TVs […]

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Via Randy’s Roundtable.

If All You See…

…is a great place to put up a wind farm, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is sunshine hours, with a post on how September 2012 ranks as “warmest”. And, yes, this week is still gray. Can you guess? A doubleshot hint below the fold, with a wonderful carbon sucking […]

Oops: Another Obama Supported Green Energy Company Goes Belly Up

I wonder of Gov. Romney will bring this up tonight? (Bloomberg) A123 Systems Inc. (AONE), a maker of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, filed for bankruptcy after failing to make a debt payment that was due yesterday. The company listed assets of $459.8 million and debt of $376 million as of Aug. 31 in […]

Michelle O: Hey, Reach Out To Those Knuckleheads In Your Life, Get Them To Vote

Perhaps she should reach out to the knuckleheads who failed to follow what was going on in Libya, a country that was recently under air attack by the US military. Perhaps she should reach out to the knuckleheads who failed to bother with any security briefings and conversations with their national security team before jetting […]

5 Things To Watch During Tonight’s Debate

The AP helpfully provides what to watch for 1. A REBOUND? After taking a drubbing in the first debate, Obama’s under big pressure to step up his game Tuesday night. He’ll try to show energy and passion. And look for him to challenge Romney’s claims more often. Obama’s comfortable taking audience questions at campaign events, […]

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