Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:10:29 GMT

We could stop the increase in atmospheric carbon loading by putting photovoltaics on every roof, and batteries in every basement. But it would cost a lot, and many people wouldn't like it.

So we'll have palm trees growing around what was the "frozen tundra" of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, and azaleas blooming in January in Thunder Bay, Ontario, because we didn't want to spend the money, and too many people were uncomfortable with the technical fix.

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 04:49:56 GMT

This will be a story about the Bright Public Power Initiative, and about WE Energies' proposed new coal-fired power plant in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

The State Supreme Court agreed to hear the case brought by the IOU (WE Energies) to overturn a judge's ruling that the PSC erred in allowing the project to go forward.

More background.

After working on it for an hour, I clicked on Post to Weblog, and got a message that said I couldn't do it because there was nothing to post. Rats! Big ones!

Lesson learned: edit someplace else, then paste it into Radio, then post and publish.

Being and Nothingness: Energy