The United States Navy will use a biofuel blend to fuel both aircraft and warship during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the globe’s largest naval war games, next year near Hawaii.
Veteran’s Day, which emanates from the end of World War I, was a coming of age and a traumatic experience for Canada. The sparsely populated country lost 66,000 soldiers; 150,000 were wounded.
A German military think tank has drafted a report that discusses the impact that peak oil could have on the world’s economy. The Bundeswehr refuses to comment publicly, but the fact that “peak oil” is actually expressed in the document is sobering news.
“It’s about seeing the world as what it can be and not what it is.” – K.R. Sridhar, founder and CEO of Bloom Energy. I have just returned from Brazil, functioning on two nights of little sleep, but I cannot restrain myself from gushing and hoping that the much hyped “Bloom Box,” which launched today, [...]
Thomas Friedman with CNN’s Campbell Brown I had almost forgotten about CNN, but today at the gym, I spent my time on the elliptical machine watching Campbell Brown interview’s of Thomas Friedman. I still have not read Friedman’s book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, but I’m motivated to snag a copy after watching him this afternoon. [...]