[Biofuel] More airline problems...
NEW YORK -- A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction. Al-gebra is a problem for us, Gonzales said. They desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values. They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and refer to themselves as 'unknowns', but we have determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are 3 sides to every triangle'. When asked to comment on the arrest, George W. Bush said, If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes. Aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement made by the President. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] FW: Weekend Special: Connecting with America's Next Generation
No offense, but there is NO such thing as a Republican anymore. Most of my mother's family is (were) Republicans. They favored: Small government - keep government OUT of people's lives. A strong National defense. Currently, our forces are stretched so thin Micronesia could invade us. Fiscal conservatism. We're borrowing 2 billion a day. A business-friendly climate. Two of the most storied companies in US history are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Sure a LOT of it is self-inflicted, but, as the head of GM pointed out every carmaker we compete with has Nationalized Health Care it's not all the problem - but it sure would help. Keep the Government out of State's Right issues - like marriage...nuff said. Beware foreign entanglements. Of course, I belonged to NO organized political party - I'm a Democrat. I used to cross part lines occasionally - but no more - race is too close. -Weaver Marylynn Schmidt wrote: As a registered Republican .. sorry about that .. I seem to be on this mailing list. My defense is that I have absolutely never voted party lines .. I have always tried to vote for someone I considered honorable .. so I won't go into how my choices have generally fared. I'm forwarding because I'm pretty sure someone on this list will have a pretty good idea about the background of these individuals mentioned. .. and I'm very interested in that .. Thanks for any information. Mary Lynn Rev. Mary Lynn Schmidt, Ordained Minister ONE SPIRIT ONE HEART TTouch . Reiki . Pet Loss Grief Counseling . Animal Behavior Modification . Shamanic Spiritual Travel . Behavior Problems . Psionic Energy Practitioner . Radionics . Herbs . Dowsing . Nutrition . Homeopathy . Polarity . The Animal Connection Healing Modalities http://members.tripod.com/~MLSchmidt/ http://allcreatureconnections.org From: Kevin McLaughlin, GOP Radio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Weekend Special: Connecting with America's Next Generation Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:02:20 -0400 (EDT) Dear Friend, Join us this week for the newest episode of Bookcast at www.gop.com. This week we are speaking with Bush-Cheney '04 and RNC strategist Matthew Dowd, as he discusses his brand new book, Applebee's America: How Successful Political, Business, and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community, which he coauthored with former Clinton Senior Adviser Doug Sosnik and former AP Political Writer Ron Fournier. Through years of experience as a strategist to candidates and corporations, Dowd has gained a unique perspective on how Americans make their choices; from which products they buy, to which candidates they vote for, to where they go to church, he asserts that Americans use their hearts more than their minds when making these day-to-day decisions. He also offers fresh insight as to how technology is changing our communities and lifestyles, and dispels many of the common myths regarding our connections to each other. Listen now at GOP.com! http://www.gop.com/MultiMedia/MediaPlayer.aspx?Id=1127 In this installment of Bookcast, Dowd discusses how everyone can use the New American Community to influence others in order to be more successful. Whether you are selling a cell phone or a candidate, the author offers insight on becoming more effective in your community by achieving a gut values connection with voters and consumers. Listen now as Dowd shares with us his perspective on connecting with the next generation of America. Listen to Matthew Dowd discuss Applebee's America on Bookcast now! http://www.gop.com/MultiMedia/MediaPlayer.aspx?Id=1127 Sincerely, Kevin McLaughlin Director of GOP Broadcasting The Republican National Committee is not affiliated with amazon.com and receives no proceeds from the sale of Dowd's book. ** Click Here to Unsubscribe: http://www.gop.com/email/sm ** Paid for by the Republican National Committee www.gop.com Not Authorized By Any Candidate Or Candidate Committee ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Dirty Money
Ever been to West Africa? D. Mindock wrote: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/0918/128.html?_requestid=1218 (need to register first) Dirty Money S. Dinakar and Michael Freedman, 09.18.06 There's profit to be made in cleaning up a filthy emerging Asia--if you have the stomach for it. In most Indian cities roadsides are dusty or caked with mud. Trash is piled high amid blood-red chewed-up betel leaves and the smell of urine. But the streets are comparatively clean in Chennai, an industrial city of 5.5 million on the nation's southeastern coast. Early each morning hundreds of workers trawl through the city's main arteries picking up mounds of litter. Street sweepers reduce dust. Garbage collectors go door-to-door to gather and haul off trash. Much of the credit for this cleanup goes to Veolia Environnement, a $30 billion (sales) Paris-headquartered outgrowth of the Vivendi water and media company that has tapped into one of the most intractable problems in Asia: pollution. Garbage experts estimate that on average every person in a developing nation produces one pound of trash per day, compared to three times that amount in a developed nation. But both the economies and populations of the largest Asian nations are growing quickly, suggesting a sharp increase in garbage generation in years to come. Already China generates 190 million tons of trash per year, more than the U.S., and by 2030, the World Bank estimates, that figure will jump to 480 million tons. Yet only between 5% and 50% of China's waste is either incinerated or buried in a suitably sequestered landfill; the comparable U.S. figure is probably near 99%. In India and Indonesia, less than 5% of waste is handled properly. Untreated garbage seeps into waterways and poisons drinking water. Open sewers and industrial pollution compound the problem. In April the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited China to encourage officials to use technologies that could ameliorate the nation's severe air pollution. For Veolia and competitors all this smells like opportunity. Veolia has entered into contracts in China, India and other Asian nations to clear solid waste and build landfills, wastewater and sewage-treatment plants, as well as provide clean drinking water. Veolia handles 20,000 tons of Chinese garbage per day. As a result, Veolia's revenue from Asia hit $1.7 billion in 2005--a 29% increase over the previous year--and executives say it could increase another 15% to 20% annually for the next five years. Veolia's biggest competitor, Paris-headquartered Suez, has teamed up with New World Development, a Hong Kong conglomerate headed by billionaire Cheng Yu-tung. Since starting its work in the region three decades ago, it has built 150 drinking-water treatment plants in Chinese cities, serving 250 million people. The $53 billion (2005 sales) company now runs the two biggest landfills in Hong Kong and is testing a hazardous waste incinerator in Shanghai's main industrial chemical center. These companies go where others fear to tread. Building a landfill or incinerator means importing heavy machinery and highly trained experts and getting a long-term commitment from the host country. Often, contracts are opaque, cash flow is uncertain and there is little recourse in the event of government corruption or expropriation. There is the additional risk that a local competitor will underbid by cutting corners. Many U.S. companies have steered clear. It's hard for a reputable company to compete with people who are willing to ignore regulations or pay bribes to get past inspections or enforcement, says Sandra Cointreau, a solid-waste adviser to the World Bank. But European companies have been eager to expand beyond their own borders. They offer the same technological and financial resources as Americans without the inconvenience of our Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (although it must be noted that Veolia and Suez insist they maintain the highest ethical standards). Beginning in the 1970s European governments lent China money, requiring Beijing to use it to hire European pollution-remediation companies. One of the first to take advantage of this was Suez. By 1992 Veolia made its first Asian contact by setting up a waste-to-energy plant in Macau, but for years Chinese municipalities expressed little interest in Western-style pollution control. The only thing they had in mind was GDP, GDP,GDP, says Jorge Mora, Veolia's point man in China. But by the end of the decade that began to change, Mora says. With relatively transparent contracts, low corruption and an apparent willingness to accept foreign help, Chinese investment devoted to pollution control reached $115 billion between 1996 and 2004. Beginning in 2000 Veolia landed contracts in Guangzhou and along the coast; it now handles 60% of the waste in Shanghai. In the 1990s Waste Management (nyse: WMI - news - people ) considered
