Light bulb ban was enacted to create Big Electric profits
URL: http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/577925…
What would you call it?
“The whole point was to twist government rules so light bulb makers will be guaranteed a much bigger profit. They can’t make much money selling bulbs at 25 or 50 cents a pop. They can make money on bulbs that cost $2, $3 or [...]
URL: http://www.grist.org/list/2011-06-17-could-eating-poo-b…
From Greg Pollowitz of NRO’s Planet Gore, this link to Grist has a video you need to watch. Pollowitz points out that Gore should be eating this meat, and Grist loves the hand pointer on the video.
My favorite part? The part where they say, if brought to [...]
If the Snyder Administration is successful in his appeal of the decision in Ottawa County regarding the James DeYoung power plant in Holland, it may well be the end of the Republican Party in Michigan.
And here we were off to such a great start…
Congressman Fred Upton is the grandson of the co-founder of Whirlpool.
I find that interesting.
Thomas Edison has been credited with bringing light to a world of darkness, but he also has been credited with coming up with the FIRST MODEL OF A COMPLETE CENTRAL POWER STATION.
Power generation to the [...]
Yesterday’s Politico article:
“Our work on light bulbs wasn’t an arbitrary mandate,” he said. “We didn’t just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a [...]
There are many reason’s I’m glad to see you go, Jennifer, but number one is the crap you pulled with the Rogers City Coal Plant
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The editorial page of the Advance shows just how popular the governor is.
From the Advance, Feb. 25, 2010:
Seems like Granholm’s answers to the paper didn’t suffice.
Bob is right.
Bill is [...]
Right now, Wolverine is still waiting to hear from the MDNRE on whether it will receive an air quality permit, despite Jennifer Granholm’s claim that the issuance of a permit has nothing whatsoever to do with politics.
The beginning of the coal plant saga was May 2006. In a few months, we will have been [...]
The Substitution of Legislation by Regulation
The Heavy Hand of the EPA
One of the things that makes America different from other countries is our political system, presumably. I mean to say that we elect leaders to represent us and work in our interest [...]
Tom Karas says quit “whining” while he kills our children’s future.
A couple of weeks back, I noticed that Tom Karas, an out-of town environmentalist, was planning to show up at the Presque Isle Electric and Gas Co-op annual meeting to formally demand a complete [...]





