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Nikola Tesla's Renewable Energy Vision

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - Jul. 12 - Nikola Tesla, one of history's great inventors who was born 154 years ago, envisioned a world without fossil fuels, recalls Lisa Pease. July 10, 2010

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Procrastination Doesn't Fix It

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Joan Blades - Dec. 23 (Opinion) - There is a reason that the U.S. auto companies are bankrupt and it is not just that we are having an economic downturn. That has merely accelerated the crisis. Last week we the taxpayers gave the automakers a one month reprieve in the form of a loan which cost 15 billion dollars. Next month we need leadership to do something that addresses the core problems in the industry as well as look at the economic big picture.

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How national healthcare could have saved Detroit

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Salon - By Andrew Leonard - Dec. 04 (Opinion) - Any bailout, restructuring or government-overseen bankruptcy should be accompanied by comprehensive healthcare reform for all workers, along with substantial improvements in the safety net such as wage insurance, extended unemployment benefits, training and education subsidies.

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Better Than A Bailout

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

New Republic - By Susan Helper, John Paul MacDuffie - Dec. 02 (Opinion) - The auto executives owe Washington a plan. But it needs to be the right plan. What follows is a suggestion for what that plan should look like.

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Brian Ross: Too Much Green in Being Green

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Brian Ross - Dec. 01 (Opinion) - I would love to drive a Mini, or a Prius or a Smart Car, but I have a big family. Unless Ringling Bros. teaches me how to pile them all in and out of a four passenger car, it is not an option.

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Bailouts for Bankers, Not a Cent for Autoworkers

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The Nation - By John Nichols - Nov. 24 (Opinion) - But what mad calculus would make Citigroup more worthy than the auto industry?

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Failure is Not an Option

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

National Review - Nov. 20 (Opinion) - Americans seem to think such folk wisdom is obsolete. First came the $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. Such a one-time federal guarantee was perhaps necessary to restore liquidity for the failed banking system, but it sent a terrible message.

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Autos and Dominoes

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Salon - By Dan Conley - Nov. 19 (Opinion) - Cars are now and always have been about politics -- about perserving high-wage jobs to protect a national middle class and maintain a baseline industrial economy. Let American car companies go and -- yes -- two million jobs could disappear overnight.

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Detroit Automakers a Relic of the Past

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Real Clear Politics - By Michael Barone - Nov. 15 (Opinion) - The bankruptcy of one or more of them would deeply impact the personal lives and dash the seemingly reasonable expectations of those who, directly or indirectly, have depended on them. I can't help but think of these people when the issue is raised. And yet the implications of a bailout are frightening

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A Car Buyer's Tale: Shticker Shock

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Jul. 02 (Opinion) - Funny retelling of something we've all been through -- buying a new car, an experience in which the shtick comes standard ... [Disclosure: this article was submitted for review by its author]

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