So the inner core of the heavy will be a different configuration than the outer ones.
Category Archives: Business
Scott Walker
This is disappointing:
If Walker is the guy I hope he is (I’ve been a booster), he won’t just have to take on his enemies, he’ll have to take on his friends, too (something Cruz, Paul and even Jeb can claim to have done). Isn’t that the point of the anti-establishment movement on the right? That reform starts with reforming how we run our own affairs? Well if there’s a more obvious hive of cronyism in the GOP than the Iowa ethanol racket, I’d like to hear about it.
I get that Walker needs to win Iowa and that staffers aren’t more important than the candidate. But principles are. If Walker didn’t want a critic of the Iowa caucuses on his payroll he shouldn’t have hired one. But he did. And throwing her under the bus for this, suggests not only that he’s got some problems getting ready for prime time, it also suggests he can get rolled by the Iowa GOP establishment. What happens when he gets to Washington?
Good question. I think it really is true that the only reason the disgusting ethanol subsidy persists is because of the irrational notion that the Iowa caucuses should have an outsized influence on the nomination.
[Update later morning]
More thoughts from Stephen Kruiser.
“Renewable” Energy
…is the most expensive policy disaster in modern British history.
It didn’t work out well for Spain, either. Or Germany.
Splitting Water
…with solar energy? I wonder how the economics work out.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, bad link is fixed now.
Lying Journalists
…should compensate Ferguson for abetting its destruction by race baiters.
But…but…narrative!
Dear Tesla
An open letter from retail auto dealers.
Somehow, I suspect they won’t make the sale.
Climate Activists
You people lost the scientific argument. Get over it:
Essex said that there seems to be a cultural shift and that scientific arguments have deteriorated. Individuals in society have moved away from “civilized dialogues in which people have a collegial attitude and work together to try to find the truth.” Essex characterized the pro-climate change philosophy as a form of sophistry, catering to popular opinion rather than being concerned with the truth.
You don’t say.
Hypersonics
Japan and Europe are cooperating on a pre-cooled turbojet.
Unfortunately, they seem to be ignoring the real issue, which is drag and fuel consumption. I think that Mach 5 is above the sweet spot for a practical system.
3-D Printing
Finally goes true 3-D.
It’s finally starting to feel like the 21st century.
[Update a while later]
Aaaaaannnd, self-flying cars by 2017?
Seems a little optimistic, but if we’re going to have flying cars, they’ll have to be self flying.
[Mid-morning update]
Aaaaand, molecular 3-D printers. The future is looking very interesting. Both in the conventional and the Chinese sense.
[Late-morning update]
Aaaaannnd, lab-grown chicken meat?
That would be huge breakthrough for both earth and space. I’d really like to see it for pork, though. Technically, would lab-grown pork be kosher? Or halal?
Is There A Samba Doctor In The House?
As is often the case, Samba has me pulling hair, of which I have little to spare.
First of all, yes, I’ve read this.