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A Different Kind of Surge in Afghanistan

John Boonstra at 10/6/2008 5:01PM

At the Vice-Presidential debate last week, Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin sparred over whether the "surge" strategy used in Iraq could be adeptly applied to Afghanistan. Today,

Diesel from Algae

Mark Leon Goldberg at 10/6/2008 12:55PM

A very interesting experiement. Via ReGeneration.Learm more at Aquatic Energy.

A Better National Security Budget

John Boonstra at 10/3/2008 4:07PM

(cross-posted at UN Dispatch) Foreign Policy in Focus, a think tank that promotes diplomacy and international cooperation, has released a "Unified Security Budget" in which they outline thei

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GlennReynolds at 1/29/2008 10:25PM

Energy Victory

tags: Climate and Energy, energy, ethanol, Fuel, methanol, OPEC, Robert Zubrin, terrorism

The next President should announce support for Robert Zubrin's Energy Victory policy that all new cars sold in the United States be flex-fuel vehicles that can run on ethanol and methanol. Achievable for just $100 a car, this helps the environment and the third world poor, while helping to break OPEC.

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