Author: Simon

And you were hoping for something about a sexually themed massager? We have those, but that is not what this is about. This is about electrical motors for home and industry. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has approved an amendment May 20 that creates a NEMA Premium motor rebate program. During committee work…

We have added at least a trillion dollars to our national debt and the accomplishments for that spending are worse than if we had done nothing. Where is the Do Nothing Congress and the Do Nothing Presidency when you need them? If only they had put the effort into raising the price of electricity while…

Want to know why gasoline prices are up? Me to. I have no idea if they are right in their analysis. But I do trust their tracking numbers. For a more complete snapshot of the current state of the economy visit Purchasing.Com Cross Posted at Power and Control

Crisis Motors Government Motors FUD Motors (FUD stands for Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) Cross Posted at Power and Control

Yep. The right is up in arms about the cost of bailouts. In Europe. BRUSSELS – Conservatives raced toward victory in some of Europe’s largest economies Sunday as initial results and exit polls showed voters punishing left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and elsewhere. Some right-leaning parties said the results vindicated their…

The above is part two of a four part series. The video is not too good but the information is first rate. Part 1 Part 2 – shown above Part 3 Part 4 And here is one scientist’s research on why we may be cooling: The Chilling Stars: The New Theory of Climate Change And…

Here is a link to the Ravi Khanna piece mentioned in the video. Here is what Gretchen Peters has to say: She says the U.S. must disrupt the Taliban’s heroin money trail. “While the insurgents earn some money from collecting taxes from the farmers, the bulk of the earnings come from protecting the trade, protecting…

Newton’s Cradle is a great desk piece for the executive or an educational toy (energy, inertia, momentum) for kids. Or both. If you want to read up on Newton and learn a little physics this book would be a good place to start: Introducing Newton Cross Posted at Power and Control

Steve Ballmer of Microsoft says that higher taxes will force Microsoft to move jobs offshore. June 3 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world’s largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Barack Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits. “It makes…

Commenter CJ Yetman had this to say in my post Paying For Social Security that discussed how Hitler Saved Social Security (for at least a year) by killing a lot of Jews. Actually he probably just moved some paper between file cabinets and spent the money on the war. Still the numbers were adjusted on…

Actor David Carradine killed himself in Bangkok, Thailand. BANGKOK – Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to…

You may have noticed that I added a current radio propagation and solar statistics chart to the sidebar at Power and Control. The chart is refreshed every 3 hours, but you will need to refresh the page that has it to see the latest. If you want one for your blog or webpage you can…

Illegal Drugs? Illegal Food? Where will it stop? In time we will all be outlaws. “Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against… We’re after power and we mean…

This is something I wrote in October of 2007. I don’t know why I haven’t cross posted it before this. So without further ado: == I recently wrote an article on Enron and Carbon Trading. Here is another bit excerpted from a link provided in Enron and Carbon Trading. Enron commissioned its own internal study…

Watts Up With That? is taking a look at satellite data vs model data. The satellite data, ERBE – The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment, is in the upper left. You can click on the graphs for a larger view. I’m not going to go into all the math. I leave that to the boffins. The…

H/T Raving Dave via e-mail Cross Posted at Power and Control

There is new hope for incandescent light bulbs. Shooting them with lasers can raise their efficiency dramatically. An ultra-powerful laser can turn regular incandescent light bulbs into power-sippers, say optics researchers at the University of Rochester. The process could make a light as bright as a 100-watt bulb consume less electricity than a 60-watt bulb…

So Bush was King and Obama is his son? Who knew?

Here is the book Klavan mentions: Democracy in America and a more modern look at the phenomenon: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change H/T Video suggested by Brendan Wright on Facebook Cross Posted at Power and Control

Not California. Although California is failing. The States I’m going to discuss are Muslim States affected by the world wide financial crisis. Spengler is taking his usual jaundiced look at the world. Financial crises, like epidemics, kill the unhealthy first. The present crisis is painful for most of the world but deadly for many Muslim…