Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis

Posted by
Crude Awakening

2008-11-26
 
11:33

I found a great visual guide to the current financial shake up. It doesn't include everything (it stops going down the rabbit hole at 'falling home prices') but it does illustrate the amount to which a flawed narrative can cascade through the system, causing a illusion of prosperity. I call this system the 'free market' in all of its iterations, both up
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Solar Panelists for December

Posted by
Crude Awakening

2008-11-19
 
17:30

The December 10th meeting will feature a discussion on Solar Panels. We'll have Solar Panel Installers presenting, as well as someone from Austin Energy talking about the solar energy rebate.

Looking ahead to January, we'd like to invite neighborhood and local action groups into our meeting. Our goal is find out where our interests overlap and what action can
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Speaker Michael J Osborne of Austin Energy

Posted by
Crude Awakening

2008-11-15
 
14:55

Michael J Osborne, of Austin Energy, was kind enough to stop by our monthly meeting and say a few words about Austin Energy's efforts to lead the way in energy efficiency, and how the organization is charting its way into the 21st century - a century sure to be marked by energy scarcity rather than abundance.

I thought the most interesting part of
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