Posts Tagged ‘ california ’

The High-Speed Rail Cart Before the Horse

Jun 16th, 2009 | By James Howard Kunstler | Category: Energy, Featured, Technology
Coming home from the annual meet-up of the New Urbanists, I was already agitated from the shenanigans of United Airlines -- two-hour delay, blown connection -- when I waded into this week's New York Times Sunday Magazine for further evidence that our ruling elites are too stupid to survive (and ...read more

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A Single Way to Play Both Green and Dirty Electricity Generation

Jul 17th, 2007 | By Whiskey Contributor | Category: Energy
"Whether it is Mayor Bloomberg using hybrids to create the largest and cleanest fleet of taxis in the world, or Mayor Villaraigosa transforming the L.A. Department of Water and Power to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, your leadership is more important than ever." — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger No matter how you ...read more

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Subprime Ground Zero, Part II

Apr 12th, 2007 | By Byron King | Category: Macro Economics
In Part 1 of this article, I discussed the recent bankruptcy filing of New Century Financial Corp. of Irvine, Calif., and the significant numbers of layoffs within the subprime mortgage industry. I noted that the economic ripples will spread and lap upon distant shores. In Part 2, we will look ...read more

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