Social Critic Noam Chomsky on Climate Change
Because Noam Chomsky is so far out of the mainstream discussion, I believe this post may be the first of our 3000+ in which I’ve quoted this American linguist, philosopher, logician, cognitive scientist, historian, political critic, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he worked for over 50 years. In addition to his work in linguistics, he has written on war, politics, and mass media, and is the author of over 100 books. He has been described as a prominent cultural figure, and he was voted the “world’s top public intellectual” in a 2005 poll. (more…)
I thought readers might be interested in a conversation I’m having with my colleague Jon Lesage, alt-fuel auto industry guru:
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I’m happy to announce that 
I had a pleasant surprise yesterday, when an old friend from my wife’s horse-breeding business (in fact, the very first person who ever bought a horse from us) unexpectedly contacted me on 2GreenEnergy. He’s an affluent Jamaican who was looking for a renewable energy solution to offset roughly a megawatt of electricity that he needs for a significant amount of restaurant refrigeration, for which he’s paying $0.40 per kilowatt hour.
