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• Google pulls plug on renewable energy plan

  Tue Nov 22, 2011
  • Very sorry to see the renewable energy project go away. It was the one that would have had the most positive benefit to mankind. What a loss.

• U.S. probes battery safety after Chevy Volt fire

  Fri Nov 11, 2011
  • oldpartsnrust- The "Big Oil" comment is sort of problematic. Where does the electircity come from to charge the car batteries? How much of this energy is lost in transmission?

• After debit-card battle, beware of more bank fees

  Tue Nov 1, 2011
  • Interesting thing about bank fees.  I worked in The Netherlands for an extended period of time and opened their version of a checking account.  You could write checks, but mostly you paid by issuing a little document telling the bank to pay someone or some company.  My pay, from the …

• After debit-card battle, beware of more bank fees

  Tue Nov 1, 2011
  • Interesting thing about bank fees.  I worked in The Netherlands for an extended period of time and opened their version of a checking account.  You could write checks, but mostly you paid by issuing a little document telling the bank to pay someone or some company.  My pay, from the …

• Jobs tears into Google in upcoming biography

  Sun Oct 23, 2011
  • As a long-term owner (now retired) of a computer systems house, I can assure you that Commodore, and a few other organizations, produced superior products long before Apple got up to speed.

• Jobs tears into Google in upcoming biography

  Sun Oct 23, 2011
  • As a long-term owner (now retired) of a computer systems house, I can assure you that Commodore, and a few other organizations, produced superior products long before Apple got up to speed.

• Cain: My 9-9-9 plan will raise taxes on some in US

  Sun Oct 16, 2011
  • For folks who are retired and on a fixed income, just barely making it but living comfortably, the only effect would be to increase the cost of food and other needs by 9%- It's clear that vendors aren't going to reduce their prices.

• Leaning tower of London? Big Ben is tilting

  Mon Oct 10, 2011
  • BIG BEN is the bell itself, not the tower.  Every news report I have seen makes the same error.

• Plane in Reno crash had 'radical' changes to compete

  Sun Sep 18, 2011
  • I take exception to the statement that a Spitfire was faster thab a P-51. The Spitfire, at the speeds it flew, could turn inside a P-51, but didn't have speed at altitude, long range, firepower, and little, if any, pilot protection.

• Plane in Reno crash had 'radical' changes to compete

  Sun Sep 18, 2011
  • Please consider that these planes are light weight, very stripped-down, carrying no armament, little gas, and no other accessories. I have seen many clipped-wing planes that performed perfectly.