Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 23, 2010
Anyone for new nuclear power plants?
It turns out that while we are getting rather upset about Iran building new nuclear power plants, we are planning to do the same… Well, of course it is not the same, Iran is doing it to turn the uranium fuel rods in power plants into plutonium and use it for warheads. Us, we already have as many nuclear arms as we might need and only need our power plants to generate energy that will stop us for being dependent of those countries from which we import foreign oil. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 29, 2010
Being funny can misfire
Today President Obama and Vice President Biden were in Tampa, Florida. The president, in a move that is almost a tradition, is going to travel to several states to bring the plans he talked about in his State of the Union last Wednesday to the citizens. The idea is to try to convince them so that the plans can be implemented. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 21, 2009
World leaders meet in New York and Pittsburgh
This week the United States are going to host two important summits, one in New York and the other in Pittsburgh. which will take place between December 7 and December 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 17, 2009
An ambitious and encouraging solar project
On November 28, 2007, his Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, former president of The Club of Rome, presented a White Book about the DESERTEC Concept to the European Parliament. This is part of what he said: “More than 40 years ago the Apollo Space Program was launched to fulfill the old dream of taking man into outer space. Today, we have a bigger dream, to restore balance between man and his home planet, Earth. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 22, 2009
Dreaming about high-speed trains in the U.S.
Those of you who have traveled in Japan’s bullet trains or in Europe high-speed trains (be it in France, Italy, Germany or Spain) know how comfortable and reliable they are as well as how much time they save. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 20, 2008
Are nuclear plants safe?
The price of oil and global warming have been two contributing facts for many countries and politicians – from the American presidential hopeful John McCain to the Italian government- to propose the building of new nuclear reactors. Read the rest of this entry »
