I recently wrote about how the Bush administration is losing the war on Terrorable diseases (to borrow a John Stewart line) undermining scientific progress in order to replace it with pure faith (in lobbyists). I just noticed two more topics where the Bush administration is trying to undermine science and expert advice in the same … Continue reading More reality-bashing by Bush
I found these images amusing. Usually you see state leaders in mile-long motorcades of gas-guzzling armored limos, but Bush and Putin were caught again by a Reuters photographer driving themselves in an electric car (Rice and Ivanov in the back) to the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg. If I’m not mistaken, that’s a vehicle produced … Continue reading Bush and Putin go for a zero-emission spin
This is awesome news: As the world’s first automobile manufacturer the inventor of “TDI” won with a diesel engine at the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. The new Audi R10 TDI is powered by a completely new 5.5-litre, twelve-cylinder bi-turbo TDI engine which is extremely economical and quiet. The Le Mans Prototype, with over … Continue reading Audi diesel racecar wins Le Mans
The Council on Foreign Relations has issued a report that has a stark warning for the White House. The authors say a dangerous precedent was set in the 2002 administration strategy, and it has therefore failed to establish a viable domestic (Homeland) security infrastructure: The White House and Congress wrongly presume that market mechanisms on … Continue reading Markets and Security Infrastructure