A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Nuclear Power Plant Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-04-14 10:13:34 On April 9, 450 of the 500 employees at the Point Beach nuclear power plant - owned by FPL Energy of Florida and located in Two Rivers, Michigan - were evacuated because a store clerk misinterpreted a sound bite.
A Really Good Idea: Vacuuming Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-07-17 11:40:31
I know it doesn’t do much good around my house. Vacuum one day, and the next the floors look like the bottom of a chicken coop.
Alternative Energy in 2008: Don't Send American Boys to Fight American Wars Written By: Eben Esterhuizen 2007-08-06 23:23:59 Crude oil prices dropped today by 4.5%, the most in seven months, as investors bet that U.S. summer fuel demand has peaked. Given the large size of speculative long positions in the market, further downward pressure in the short-term cannot be ruled out. The price of oil is one of the major factors in the valuation of alternative energy stocks. Higher oil prices increase demand for alternative energy, while lower oil prices could lead to investors questioning some of the lofty valuations in the sector.
