Archive for the 'water' Category

Nov 21 2008

Another Superfund site. And I was there:

Published by jrittenhouse under business, daoffice, environment, government, pollution, water

Article from a local newspaper about the groundwater contamination - in my neighborhood.   Yes, I knew about this.  Lockformer has a big sign out for 18 acres of property behind their factory for sale. 

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Jul 28 2008

The limits of China:

Published by jrittenhouse under automobiles, business, china, coal, communism, corruption_govt, criminals, environment, famine, government, health, oil, political_science, pollution, renmin, secrecy, tech, thoughtful, transport, water

Very good article that explains the real limits of Chinese power down the road.  Here’s a mix of his points and some of my thoughts on the matter:

Cheap labor and fair access to markets is about their main strengths.  Quality is not as important if the manufacturers can slide by.

Labor is starting to [...]

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Jul 03 2008

Projects: overview

Published by jrittenhouse under AH, Eisenhower, FTL, Goldwater, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Suez_crisis, UK, X-craft, africa, animals, anthropology, astronomy, australia, austria-hungary, biofuels, brazil, canada, caves, china, climate, coal, computers, dinosaurs, dogs, dreams, dutch, environment, exclave_enclaves, france, gardening, gates, geography, geology, global_warming, goo_goos, great_auk, india, library, linguistics, linux, mammals_old, maps, marmots, masstransit, mongols, mysteries, nearstar, paleobiology, paleoclimatology, paleogeography, paleontology, pandemic, personal, pollution, prehistory, radio, religion, science_fiction, spaceflight, sudden_impact, television, thoughtful, trains, water, wind_energy, writing_projects

At various times, I get into research projects; some simmer on for decades in various forms, and some break off and pick up speed because I happen to run into something that really fuels the fire, so to speak.
My library here is largely one that I use for reference. I have a huge amount [...]

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