Wednesday, June 8, 2011

STUFF ADDENDUM

Corn crop delays in US signalling tightest world supply since '74.

Oil majors going fracking in Poland. Poland wants to get off Russia gas.

US still spending more on military than rest of the world combined.

Almost half in US see great depression w/in a year.

Batt market will hit $60B/y in next few yrs. Chiang's (MIT) 24M got $16M in VC, fed funds. Spinoff of AONE (also MIT).

Wind E development in Ontario will create 80k persons/y of employ and attract > $16B in private investment in next 8 yrs.

O yea, the sun had a flare that covered half the surface. Expect something at 1M MPH.

First Energy offering Dayton Power and Light regular customers a fixed price of 7.59 cents/kwh through '13.

If Boulder County renews contract with Xcel E instead of becoming a muni utility they will be the "most green city in the world" by '20.

Most of AZ doesn't have enough wind year-around to support utility-scale windgen.

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