Author (#1)July 2005 Archives

Wired magazine: Idealab impresario Bill Gross couldn't wait for the dawn of the sun age. So he built a high-energy, low-cost solar concentrator that will fit on your roof -- and overthrow the powers that be. By Spencer Reiss

Baltimore Business Journal -- New study shows 4.1M jobs will head offshore by 2008

Eastbay Business Times -- Bankers again thwart Wal-Mart's financial moves

Philadelphia Business Journal -- Penn. becomes latest state to give employers immunity for job reference checks

Triangle Business Journal -- Fewer students majoring in computer science industry could lead to labor shortage

The Heartland Institute has a review of The Solar Fraud: Why Solar Energy Won't Run the World by Howard Hayden. "For decades, there have been delirious proclamations that the world would soon run on solar energy. Those statements always have sounded too good to be true ... and, sure enough, they always have been false."

Book and review also looks at how wind power and hydrogen won't be the only answer either. Much of the push to alternative fuels lately is based on tax incentives rather than costs. "Hayden makes it clear that if wind were a viable power source, utilities would be champing at the bit to use it. Utilities use every technology available to cut their fuel costs; they would gladly use photovoltaic and wind turbines if they were economical."

Authors contributing to a new essay collection on 'writing in unreaderly times' say the literary world is holding up well in today's media-saturated culture. By Susannah Breslin. Wired News