Archive for September, 2012
Offshore Wind Energy Could Power Entire U.S. East Coast
September 15th, 2012Most JFK assassination literature doesn’t mention the Passamaquoddy tidal power project: Each day, over a million kilowatts of power surge in and out of the Passamaquoddy Bay. Man needs only to exercise his engineering ingenuity to convert the ocean’s surge into a great national asset. That’s JFK from July 16th, 1963, four months before the […]
Super-Cars Split $10 Million in X Prize Race
September 15th, 2012Via: NBC: A four-seat car that gets 102 miles per gallon is the top winner in a $10 million contest designed to encourage the development of ultra-efficient automobiles. Edison2, a team of racing engineers from Lynchburg, Va., won the $5 million prize in the mainstream-vehicle category of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize. The winners […]
‘There are no technological or economic barriers to converting the entire world to clean, renewable energy sources’
September 15th, 2012“Fifteen years ago I thought solar power was impractical because I thought nuclear power was the answer. But I spent some time on an advisory committee on waste disposal to the Atomic Energy Commission. After that, I began to be very, very skeptical because of the hazards. That’s when I began to study solar power. […]
Cured Too, A Cancer Story By David Triplett
September 14th, 2012Warning: No information that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice. “The pharmaceutical industry is the most lucrative, the most cynical and the least ethical of all the industries. It is like an octopus with tentacles that has infiltrated all the decision making bodies, world health organisations, governments, parliaments, high administrations in health and […]
New Cameras to Watch Cameras That Watch You
September 14th, 2012This practice is common in Britain. Via: WTOP: Many people find speed cameras frustrating, and some in the region are taking their rage out on the cameras themselves. But now there’s a new solution: cameras to watch the cameras. One is already in place, and Prince George’s County Police Maj. Robert V. Liberati hopes to […]
Halliburton ‘Lost’ Radioactive Probe on 9/11
September 14th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: Halliburton Co. (HAL) is scouring a 130- mile swath of West Texas oil fields for a lost seven-inch cylinder with radioactive material used when drilling natural- gas wells by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Pickup trucks outfitted with detection gear retraced the route of a vehicle that carried the radioactive rod before it was […]
U.S. State Department Had 48 Hours Notice That Attacks Were Coming
September 14th, 2012I have absolutely no idea what this thing is about. Via: Independent: The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal. American officials believe the attack was planned, but Chris Stevens had been […]
QE3
September 13th, 2012Via: CNBC: The Federal Reserve fulfilled expectations of more stimulus for the faltering economy, taking aim now at driving down mortgage rates. The Fed said it will buy $40 billion of mortgages per month in an attempt to foster a nascent recovery in the real estate market. The purchases will be open-ended, meaning that they […]
House Approves Sweeping, Warrantless Electronic Spy Powers
September 13th, 2012Via: Wired: The House on Wednesday reauthorized for five years broad electronic eavesdropping powers that legalized and expanded the George W. Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. The FISA Amendments Act, (.pdf) which is expiring at year’s end, allows the government to electronically eavesdrop on Americans’ phone calls and e-mails without a probable-cause warrant so long […]
Dandelion Extract Kills Cancer Cells
September 13th, 2012Warning: No information that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice. This is from February 2012. Via: Global News: Dandelion root tea, championed by an elderly leukemia patient, has sparked exciting cancer research at the University of Windsor. Windsor Regional Hospital oncologist Dr. Caroline Hamm admitted there wasn’t much she could for her chronic […]
