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• Italian cold fusion machine passes another test

  Thu Nov 3, 2011
  • The output of this so-called cold fusion device is electrical power. Petroleum is not used to produce electricity.

• For defense industry, a golden decade comes to an end

  Mon Aug 15, 2011
  • What the government needs to do is predict exactly what threats will emerge in the next 20 - 30 years and then build only the weapons, ammo and spare parts which are necessary. That way there would be no waste and no surprises.

• Defense cuts loom large for 'super committee'

  Sun Aug 14, 2011
  • Gary, I sympathize with your comments but I would like to add 2 things.  All government spending has in it, almost by definition, a great deal of waste.

• S&P downgrades US-related bond issues

  Mon Aug 8, 2011
  • The federal government is spending $4 billion per day more than it is receiving with no end in sight. How is Obama going to "get the debt under control" without even having a plan. Let me guess...corporate jets are the solution and bullet trains are the answer.

• Rough week: $2.5 trillion wiped off value of world stocks

  Sun Aug 7, 2011
  • If dividends are exactly the same after the decrease as they were before does that not indicate the $2.5 trillion was just a bubble to begin with?  

• New rules to require far better fuel economy

  Fri Jul 29, 2011
  • Hydrogen cell fuel is a fantasy. Understand chemistry. The energy it take to separate the hydrogen atom from whatever it is attached to would equal the energy you would get from using the hydrogen as fuel.

• New rules to require far better fuel economy

  Fri Jul 29, 2011
  • You might try taking a class in economics where the subject of elastic demand is discussed. When the price of a product declines, i.e. the cost of gas per mile driven, consumers are very likely to consume more of that product. The cost of driving is elastic, just like practically everything else.

• New rules to require far better fuel economy

  Fri Jul 29, 2011
  • How do you know this will reduce oil consumption.  How do you know that if mpg went up people would not end up driving more and consuming the same amount of gas that they did before.   

• Wealth in America: Whites-minorities gap is now a chasm

  Tue Jul 26, 2011
  • Understand that these statistics are based on "households" not on individuals. Groups that have a higher percentage of married persons are going to be scored higher. The article does not state what effect this has on the numbers. It could be substantial.

• Grizzly bear mauls teens hiking in Alaska wilderness

  Mon Jul 25, 2011
  • How could the state trooper say that the hikers "had all the right gear" when they obviously did not.  No experienced person walks through bear country without a firearm or, or at the very least, bear spray.  The reason for that is that a bear's behavior is not predictable.