YouTube – Carnegie Mellon’s Lester Lave — End Reliance on Foreign Oil

 

I think there’s no lack of idea/viewpoint on wise energy usage/policy, but a lack of the actioner.

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YouTube – Carnegie Mellon’s Lester Lave — End Reliance on Foreign Oil
 

 

OCA/OCP consideration

Exploreing the OCA/OCP possibility.

 

Already allocated some resource, energy, time.

 

I will see.

 

Peter

Toyota to Build the Prius Hybrid in Mississippi

In yet another sign of how rapidly shifting consumer preferences are forcing automakers to change their long-term plans, Toyota Motor Corporation announced last week that it will begin producing the Prius hybrid in Mississippi in late 2010. The Mississippi manufacturing plant, currently under construction, was originally intended to produce the Toyota Highlander sport utility vehicle (SUV), but with demand for SUVs falling rapidly, Toyota now plans to produce the Highlander at its Indiana plant, starting in late 2009. Toyota currently produces its Tundra full-size pickup truck in Indiana and Texas, but the company will cease production of the pickup in Indiana in the spring of next year. Toyota will also suspend U.S. production of the Tundra pickup and Sequoia SUV for about 3 months, starting in August. The Prius will be the second Toyota hybrid to be manufactured in the United States, as the company already produces the Camry Hybrid in Kentucky. See the Toyota press release.

Toyota’s sales figures for June give some indication of the reason for the company’s change of plans. Compared to sales for June 2007, sales of the Highlander SUV are down by 31.3% and sales of the Tundra pickup are down by 47%. The Sequoia SUV is currently bucking the trend, with sales up by 40.8% for June, even though it’s the largest of Toyota’s SUVs. But monthly sales of the Sequoia are low, at about 2,000 units, compared to about 10,000 Tundra sales and about 7,000 Highlander sales. The sales figures also show a 25.5% drop in sales of the Prius, but Toyota notes that the sales are being limited by a lack of supply, rather than a lack of demand. For the year to date, the Prius remains Toyota’s third-best seller, behind the Corolla and Camry. Meanwhile, Toyota’s smallest car, the Yaris, continues to gain ground, with a 4.1% increase in sales in June (compared to June 2007) and a 39.9% increase in year-to-date sales, compared to last year. See the Toyota press release

牛顿与南海公司

 

从 The intelligent investor中的备注中看到的：

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AR E  YO U  A N  I N T E L L I G E N T  I NVE S TOR?

Now let’s answer a vitally important question. What exactly does Graham
mean by an “intelligent” investor? Back in the first edition of this
book, Graham defines the term—and he makes it clear that this kind of
intelligence has nothing to do with IQ or SAT scores. It simply means
being patient, disciplined, and eager to learn; you must also be able to
harness your emotions and think for yourself. This kind of intelligence,
explains Graham, “is a trait more of the character than of the brain.”

There’s proof that high IQ and higher education are not enough to
make an investor intelligent. In 1998, Long-Term Capital Management
L.P., a hedge fund run by a battalion of mathematicians, computer
scientists, and two Nobel Prize–winning economists, lost more than
$2 billion in a matter of weeks on a huge bet that the bond market
would return to “normal.” But the bond market kept right on becoming
more and more abnormal—and LTCM had borrowed so much money
that its collapse nearly capsized the global financial system.

 

 

And back in the spring of 1720, Sir Isaac Newton owned shares in
the South Sea Company, the hottest stock in England. Sensing that
the market was getting out of hand, the great physicist muttered that
he “could calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the
madness of the people.” Newton dumped his South Sea shares, pocketing
a 100% profit totaling £7,000. But just months later, swept up in
the wild enthusiasm of the market, Newton jumped back in at a much
higher price—and lost £20,000 (or more than $3 million in today’s
money). For the rest of his life, he forbade anyone to speak the words
“South Sea” in his presence.

 

                     —–Commentary by Jason Zweig

                                 "The Intelligent Investor"

                                   by BENJAMIN GRAHAM

无线网卡

6月1日办理了联通的CDMA无线上网业务，用了不到一个月，网卡就坏了…

电子产品中国牌子，不行。我那个是深圳一家公司生产的，镭特。

但选择是如此之少…，很多都是和ISP绑定的，用其他牌子可能还不行。

 

保修期也刚过， 星期天去修。

 

 

Oil price

一年内翻了一番，估计还会再翻。

 

 

10年将近翻了7翻，差不多每年翻一番。

Credit:

www.opec.org

 

Intel, Dreamworks Animation Form Strategic Alliance to Revolutionize 3-D Filmmaking Technology

 

SANTA CLARA and GLENDALE, Calif. ?July 8, 2008 ?Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE: DWA) today announced they have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technology, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is slated for a domestic release date of March 27, 2009. As previously announced, DreamWorks Animation has committed to producing all of its feature films in stereoscopic 3-D beginning next year.

The strategic alliance will take advantage of Intel’s visual computing products and tools and DreamWorks Animation’s expertise in content creation to advance the in-theater entertainment experience.

To meet the increased demands of creating 3-D animated feature films, Intel will provide DreamWorks Animation with the latest high-performance processing technologies, including future chips with multiple processing cores. Intel software engineers will help to optimize DreamWorks’ applications for these advanced processors. By converting its computing infrastructure to an Intel-based system, DreamWorks Animation will enable its artists to work with new, state-of-the-art 3-D authoring tools to render higher quality images more quickly and to modify them with greater ease.

"This alliance unites the best in computer-generated moviemaking and computing performance to deliver a new level of in-theater entertainment," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. "The high level of inventiveness at DreamWorks Animation has positioned it as a leader in entertainment technology, and incorporating the Intel platform allows them to deliver incredibly rich digital 3-D content to the big screen ?raising the bar for the industry as a whole."

"Our objective is to significantly heighten the movie going experience using DreamWorks Animation’s ground-breaking 3-D filmmaking tools," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation. "Technology plays a significant role in enabling our artists to tell great stories. By utilizing Intel’s industry-leading computing products, we will create a new and innovative way for moviegoers to experience our films in 3-D."

In addition to working with DreamWorks Animation to enhance the in-theater entertainment experience for consumers, Intel will work to develop and promote next-generation 3-D viewing experiences and technology on a range of other platforms, including home theater, personal computers, video games, online environments and mobile devices.

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080708corp.htm?iid=pr1_releasepri_20080708r

 

Go green with

 

Got nothing to do, kind of bored, went to Google, blog search, and see what I found, a totally new way on energy, go nuclear,

 

http://nucleargreen.blogspot.com/

 

and I think what the author said makes a lot of sense, on renewable, on T. Boone Pickens , and on nuclear.

 

I will stay tuned on his site.

Hope you too.

 

"There is, however, a problem for renewables in the back up reactor approach. Why use reactors to back up renewables, when the very reliable reactors can do the whole job on their own? It would be cheaper, and perhaps far cheaper to build the entire system using only nuclear power."

 

Energy system totally based on nuclear, and I think it make sense, at least on me.

And what the author loved nuclear tech is , as he said,

 

"There is one more thing the wise peoples panel should look at, and that is the best way to generate electricity from nuclear energy. The conventional approach is to use Light Water Reactors, but they are very expensive, and generate waste. There are two proposals that have the potential to dramatically reduce reactor costs, the Pebble Bed Reactor (PBR), and the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR). Both reactor types are safe. Both reactor designs can be quickly mass-produced, and could be churning out power within months of being ordered. There are minimal siting problems for both reactor types. Neither concept is new, and both reactor types have received substantial research from the scientific community. Development costs would be extremely inexpensive if view in light of the amount of money America spends in even a week on imported oil. Both reactor types are safe, but the PBR still has generates nuclear waste. The LFTR does not generate a significant amount of nuclear waste, and indeed the fission byproducts from the LFTR can be sold for Industrial, agricultural, medical and sanitary uses. "

Peter

 

P.S, and don’t forget that France’s 70% of electricity from Nuclear, and it’s been a longtime , back to the very earlier oil crisis.

 

 

President Bush Discusses Energy

As U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne looks on, President George W. Bush delivers a statement on energy Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in the Rose Garden of the White House. Calling on Congress to expand domestic oil production, the President said, "For many Americans, there is no more pressing concern than the price of gasoline. Truckers and farmers and small business owners have been hit especially hard. Every American who drives to work, purchases food, or ships a product has felt the effect. And families across our country are looking to Washington for a response." White House photo by Luke Sharrett

"In the short run, the American economy will continue to rely largely on oil. And that means we need to increase supply, especially here at home. So my administration has repeatedly called on Congress to expand domestic oil production. Unfortunately, Democrats on Capitol Hill have rejected virtually every proposal — and now Americans are paying the price at the pump for this obstruction. Congress must face a hard reality: Unless Members are willing to accept gas prices at today’s painful levels — or even higher — our nation must produce more oil. And we must start now. So this morning, I ask Democratic Congressional leaders to move forward with four steps to expand American oil and gasoline production."

–President George W. Bush, June 18, 2008

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/energy/

 

U.S President wants more drilling on Alaska

President Bush met with Secretary Bodman and other members of his economic team at the Department of Energy on Friday. The President again called on Congress to allow more oil drilling here in America to take the pressure off of gasoline prices.

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President Bush Meets with Economic Team
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, D.C.

     In Focus: Economy 
     In Focus: Energy

11:38 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:

"I want to thank the members of my economic team for assembling here at the Department of Energy. Secretary Bodman, thank you for hosting us. First of all, Secretary Paulson came by this morning to brief me on the financial markets. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are very important institutions. You spent a fair amount of time discussing these institutions. He assured me that he and Ben Bernanke will be working this issue very hard.

 Secondly, he did inform us that 112 million stimulus payments have gone out, and I congratulate you and your department for doing your job. We’ve so far spent about $91 billion in tax relief, which has had a positive effect on retail sales. The problem, of course, is that gasoline prices are up, which has affected the people here in our country. And one of the main reasons why gasoline prices are up is because crude oil prices are up. And one reason crude oil prices are up is because demand is outstripping supply.

And therefore, what can we do about it? And that ought to be the question the United States Congress asks. And one way to deal with supply problems is to increase supply here in America. And one of the things we just went through was a briefing from Secretary Bodman and Secretary Kempthorne about the vast potential of crude oil reserves on offshore lands, as well as in Alaska, as well as in the oil shale in the western part of our country. And yet the Democratic leaders of Congress have consistently blocked opening up these lands for exploration.

The other part of our briefing was how we could explore in environmentally friendly ways. Technology has changed dramatically to enable the exploitation of oil in a way that protects the environment. You know, these members of Congress, particularly the Democratic leadership, must address this issue before they go home for this upcoming August break. They have a responsibility to explain to their constituents why we should not be drilling for more oil here in America to take the pressure off of gasoline prices.

I want to thank you all very much for your briefing. These are tough economic times for the American citizens. There is a way forward to help relieve some of the pressure on their pocketbooks. And I’m looking forward to seeing — watching this Congress respond in a positive way.

Thank you. "

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/07/20080711-4.html

There’s not anything about renewable energy, so, what the head does will be what the country does.

We do have high tech on oil drilling & exploration, but also, on soloar, wind, geothermal, tide, hydrogen, fuel cell.., just name a few, that is, we already got enough tech to totally go green, but it is now not a tech problem, but a mindset one, esp. on leaders.

Peter