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Jeremy Rifkin "compare The Dollar Vs Euro"
Apr 03 2013 04:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In a panel debate with Jeremy Rifkin, . . . president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and . . . advisor to government leaders and heads of state, . . . the Green/EFA group discussed on Tuesday, 15 February 2005 . . . in the European Parliament the...
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Off.grid:electric
Apr 03 2013 03:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
"The poorest people people pay the most money for the dirtiest power," . . . says Mackey, the 30-year-old COO. "And these people are technically the most risk averse, . . . because anything they lose is a huge hit to them. What we do is cen...
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Japan Approves $1.1 Billion Solar Project
Apr 02 2013 10:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A remote island off Sasebo city in southern Japan . . . has won permission to construct one of Japan’s biggest solar power plants, . . . the Nagasaki newspaper said. Construction of a $1.1 billion, 400-megawatt solar power facility. will create ....
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Saudi Arabia Planning $109 Billion Renewables
Apr 02 2013 10:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Their cumulative target of renewable capacity is anticipated to be more than . . . 54,000 megawatts by 2032 with . . . 41,000 coming from solar,” said Lenz, who previously held . . . senior corporate management roles with . . . Conergy AG as VP of busi...
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Jeremy Rifkin And 'lateral Power' Energy
Apr 02 2013 09:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Pillar 1: the EU is committed to 20% renewable energy by 2020. . . . That's a mandate: every country has to do it. Pillar 2: The goal is to convert every single existing building in the European Union, . . . into your own personal green micro-powe...
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"nuclear Power Is Dead" With Jeremy Rifkin
Apr 02 2013 03:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Question: What would be your view on nuclear energy?
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Energy Storage 2013: Jeremy Rifkin
Apr 01 2013 02:05 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
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1St Capital City In The World To Run Out Of Water
Mar 31 2013 03:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Yemen’s water shortage is a humanitarian crisis verging on catastrophe. . . . “in no other country in the world, . . . is the capital city of a nation, . . . literally going to run out of water in a decade.” Desalination powered by virtually inexhau...
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Spend More On Energy, Or Prices Will Rise
Mar 30 2013 03:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
If electricity demand is reduced – then network costs will go up. It means that household are faced with a Hobson’s choice – . . . consume more, and pay higher electricity bills. . . . Or consume less … and pay higher electricity bills. Confused?...
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Energy: Distributed, Distributed, Distributed
Mar 25 2013 08:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
TEDxBrainport 2012 - Jeremy Rifkin . . . Leading the way to the 3rd industrial revolution https://www.youtube....h?v=snsb3Pc_C4M
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Cost Of The Iraq War
Mar 25 2013 07:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The U.S.-led war in Iraq claimed . . . 190,000 lives and will cost the U.S. government at least . . . $2.2 trillion, according to the findings of . . . a project at Brown University released Thursday. Source: military
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American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec)
Mar 23 2013 02:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) partnered up with the . . . Heartland Institute to attack renewable energy standards across 29 states. Since 1918 the government has been picking fossil fuels, . . . by subsidizing them with tens of billions...
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2013 Economic Report Of The President
Mar 18 2013 01:40 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Source: full_2013_economic_report_of_the_president.pdf
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Usa People, Politics And Economy
Mar 14 2013 08:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
This is the America that China’s leaders laugh at, and . . . the rest of the democratic world despairs of. . . . . . . Its debt is rising, . . . . . . its population is ageing in a budget-threatening way, . . . . . . its schools are mediocre by interna...
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Where Is The Usa's Economic Strength?
Mar 13 2013 12:25 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Joel Kotkin identified USA’s real economic strength is located. . . . From the Dakotas with almost no unemployment, . . . down through the energy belts of the Great Plains to Texas, . . . then Louisiana, Mississippi and Northern Florida. Source: nyt...
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Solar Isn't Feasible In Canada, Is It?
Mar 11 2013 02:15 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
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Utilities Risk Becoming The Dinosaurs
Mar 11 2013 01:45 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Reuters is a well known multinational news agency, . . . not exactly known as a political radical. But Reuters delved into the threat renewable energy . . . is providing to utility company profits. Example: "Every new solar panel installed on Euro...
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Fdic Bank Closings
Mar 09 2013 12:25 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in Mar State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- GA . . . Frontier Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010 . . .157 . . . 2011 . . . 92 . . . 2012 . . . 49 . . . 2013...
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$10.- For Every $1.- Invested
Feb 25 2013 10:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The USA Government makes a BIG Profit on it's National Parks, . . . returning $10.-, for every Dollar invested. Supporting 252,000 Jobs, . . . it generates $30.1 Billion Dollars in 2011. Source: Parks
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How Efficient Is The Energy Grid?
Feb 19 2013 04:25 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
The modern centralized method of energy generation and distribution . . . is inherently inefficient, and that state is embodied by a little known chart. It’s also this chart which could show just how efficient the energy grid could be . . . with distri...
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How Germany Became Europe's Richest Country
Feb 23 2013 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Margaret Warner reports on some of the people behind . . . the economic success of Germany, . . . as European debt crisis negotiations . . . approach the 11th hour on yet another bailout for Greece.
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England: Solar Cheaper Than Nuclear
Feb 19 2013 02:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The projected cost of the . . . 1,600 megawatt Hinkley Point C reactor in England is . . . 14 billion pounds or $22 billion. That’s $13,600 per kilowatt. In the final quarter of last year in the UK, . . . installed rooftop solar apparently...
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Fdic Bank Closings
Feb 16 2013 07:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in Feb State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- IL . . . Covenant Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010 . . .157 . . . 2011 . . . 92 . . . 2012 . . . 49 . . . 2013...
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Subsidies Make Artificially Cheap Oil And Gas
Feb 09 2013 04:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
International Energy Agency (IEA) Chief Economist Fatih Birol, . . . made no bones about his opinion on fossil fuel subsidies. Birol called for “governments around the world” to end the . . . $500 billion in annual subsidies that are given to oil...
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Average Family Spent $3,000.- For Gas Last...
Feb 07 2013 04:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
2012 The United States Energy Information Administration EIA says, . . . the average U.S household spent $2,912.- . . . refueling their vehicles last year. With up to $147 per barrel for oil and . . . gas prices that exceeded $5 per gal...
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