An idea whose time should come. But it will be fought tooth and nail by the academic-industrial complex, to protect their phony baloney jobs.
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If you’re “investing” in college, think like an investor. Unfortunately, one of the many things that kids aren’t learning in public schools is how to do that.
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What comes after the bubble pops?
Jim Manzi has what looks to be an interesting new book
Why it may not be back to normal until the end of the decade.
Why it’s a potential disaster for the Democrats.
I hope so. They deserve it.
Over at Popular Mechanics, I write about the competition for extraterrestrial water, and the relative merits of the moon versus asteroids.
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Here’s a related piece at the HuffPo. But this always drives me nuts:
The world’s fossil fuels are in limited reserves and are also in quick depletion.
We have enough fossil fuels to last many decades, and in the case of coal, for centuries.
That’s what our debt burden may cost us. Thanks, Washington.
Barack Obama and his rich socialist buddies.
In which I take some folks at Barclays to school on asteroid mining.
That may be when the election is over.
…has resigned. But the damage has been done:
EPA was finally persuaded to drop its action against Range, probably out of concern that a federal court might strike down its statutory authority to crucify oil-and-gas companies altogether. That was wise, because EPA already got what it wanted from persecuting Range. The company had to spend $4.2 million defending itself against a totally arbitrary action that could have come down on virtually any oil or gas company. And the industry has taken note.
In fact, as a demonstration meant to instill fear in the oil-and-gas industry, the crucifixion of Range Resources worked precisely as Armendariz intended.
There has to be some kind of legal recourse against this kind of arbitrary action.