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AP reports that Californian voters passed a measure to build a high speed rail network in the state - Calif. voters approve $10B bond for bullet trains. Hopefully they can find the money for it California voters are green-lighting the nation's most ambitious high-speed rail system, approving a nearly $10 billion bond to put speeding bullet trains capable of topping 200 mph between the state's major metropolitan areas. The measure, which passed with 52 percent support Tuesday, will fund the first phase of what is projected to be a $45 billion, 800-mile project built with state, federal, local and private money. Backers sold the proposal as an innovative alternative to soaring airfares and gas prices. In the closing weeks of the campaign, they touted estimates that it would create nearly 160,000 construction-related jobs and 450,000 permanent jobs.

ENVIRON MENTAL WACKOS AT IT AGAIN. DO THESE PEOPLE REALLY WANT OTHERS TO BELIEVE THEM AFTER STORIES LIKE THIS?

LETS DO THIS TOGETHER, BOYCOTT EVERY ADVERTISER THAT SUPPORTS THE LIBRAL MEDIA AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT. PASS IT ON

BOYCOTT ALL NBC SPONSERS, PASS IT ON

BOYCOTT ALL LIBERAL MEDIA SPONSERS PASS IT ON

PAUL RYAN IS AN ECONOMIST, OBAMA IS NOT. OBAMA HASN'T PASSED A BUDGET FOR 3 1/2 YEARS ALTHOUGH BY LAW HE IS REQUIRED TO EVEY YEAR! OBAMAS LAST BUDGET WAS DEFEATED IN CONGRESS BY A VOTE OF 414-0 OBAMA IS LYING

With fossil fuel prices escalating and countries searching for ways to reduce oil dependence and greenhouse gas emissions, capturing the earth's heat for power generation is garnering new attention. First begun in Larderello, Italy, in 1904, electricity generation using geothermal energy is now taking place in 24 countries, 5 of which use it to produce 15 percent or more of their total electricity. In the first half of 2008, total world installed geothermal power capacity passed 10,000 megawatts and now produces enough electricity to meet the needs of 60 million people, roughly the population of the United Kingdom. In 2010, capacity could increase to 13,500 megawatts across 46 countries-equivalent to 27 coal-fired power plants.

Out on a lawn at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with joggers and traffic passing nearby, Spencer Ahrens is demonstrating what looks like either the future of solar power - or perhaps a death ray.

If Corus Group, an Anglo-Dutch steel manufacturer, has its way and their new work into developing solar cell paint comes to pass, the whole concept of what types of material can be used for generate electricity through photovoltaics could change. At least that's the promise. Renewable Energy World is saying that production on Corus' solar steel sheets could begin in three years, though doesn't really go beyond that in terms of timelines. The way it would work is this: