raif’s random rants…

I usually don’t like posting a news article without any meaningful commentary, but this one I couldn’t resist…
at one point this past weekend, thanks to some strong winds, wind powered 40% of all electricity in Spain. this is significant to demonstrate what’s possible with alternative energy…
here’s the article:
http://www.metaefficient.com/news/new-record-wind-powers-40-of-spain.html

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A few weeks ago, I attended the UC Berkeley Energy Symposium.
It was a very thought provoking and educational day. I have below my detailed notes from the sessions I attended. But before moving on to those I’d like to synthesize some of my key takeaways:

There is no silver bullet to the climate change/energy crisis problem. [...]

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as you may have already seen it, Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and author of The Long Tail, recently wrote an article titled “Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business” . it’s an interesting read… it’s in support of his new book coming out in 2009, titled “FREE” … for those who [...]

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my fav soccer team FENERBAHCE beat the UEFA cup winners sevilla from Spain to make it to the quarter finals of the uefa champion’s league… this is history in the making… it was a nail biter of a match… i wish i could’ve been there… it would have been a story that i never got [...]

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over a month ago, before the first super tuesday, i predicted that mccain and hillary would be the presidential nominees. mccain first beat romney and then huckabee to validate my guess… tonight’s primaries in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island was more of a formality to clinch his nomination…
on the democratic front, the last few [...]

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