Two recent books conclude we are likely headed into cooler to colder times. One written by a ChemE R&D Engineer, see: http://theinconvenientskeptic.com One written by a geologist: http://climatewholestory.com/[...]

Their website has some 'interesting' content, such as "The Definitive Guide to Monetizing North Slope Natural Gas as a Strategic Energy Resource": http://www.synfuels.com/BinderWhitepaperforCongress.pdf[...]

Any idea how much the power output has degraded over 30 yr. A high-end solar cell mfgr has claimed that everyone else's degrade more quickly. The following has something along those lines: http://us.sunpower.com/sites/sunpower/files/media-library/white-pa[...]

Dr KSS mentioned capsaicin cream. If that isn't enough, there may be a capsaicin patch.[...]

A recent promo by MoneyMapPress is an 'interview' of Jim Rickards, with the nom-de-threat "Financial Threat and Asymmetric Warfare Advisor [to] CIA & The Director of National Intelligence". While an email for the promo mentioned "Mount Weather" as having [...]

While estimates of all the gold ever mined vary, it appears the promo was way off. See, eg: "How Much Gold is there in the World?", 31Mar2013: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21969100[...]

Interesting, but what did it have to with the topic(s) under discussion.[...]

@ 170,500 metric tons of gold Are the units correct? Most recent version of the promo has a chart showing uS gold reserves peaked at 20,500 metric tons in 1950s. Text following that figure says it was then half of all the gold ever mined. Difficult to te[...]

NSPH might be bottoming, and the tout has been recently updated. Hard to say whether the potential outweighs some of the risks still evident in the recent (07May) financials and MD&A. Associated conference call did name a competitor, BioFire Diagnostics. W[...]

'Twill be interesting to see what they eventually settle on. Methanol was tossed into the mix (under Efficient Chemical Storage Option) in a Dec 2013 release from PNNL: http://www.tricitiesresearchdistrict.org/wp-content/uploads/PNNLSolarPACES-2013.pdf[...]

No direct knowledge of SPPP. Of possible interest is some commentary on a recent tout by Peter Krauth for a Palladium miner: http://insomniadiary.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/marikana-lonmin-is-after-palladium-more-massacresblame-it-on-the-russians[...]

A map that includes Coober Peddy is at (click on the map): http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/petroleum/prospectivity/basin_and_province_information/prospectivity_officer I'm wondering how they intend to frack (shale, that is). That webpage includes a deepwater re[...]

Is StatOil a guess because they are working in the Georgina Basin, w/ PetroFrontier and Baraka? Long ago (in investor, not geological terms), Baraka had a story about a geologist and an inland basin in Africa, that was thought to be similar to one in the v[...]

The following looks at INO and 2 others with (presumably) similar tech. The 2 comments are less than glowingly positive: http://seekingalpha.com/article/853551-dna-nanotechnology-3-companies-building-better-synthetic-vaccines[...]

Hmmm, a post-grad at SEAS, Columbia did an analysis that suggests capital costs for plasma are about 1/3 higher than using grate-combustion tech.[...]

I recall some firm pitching plasma to Hawaii decades ago. Not sure whatever became of that effort. I do see Plasco mentioned in a recent letter to the editor in Hawaii Tribune: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/commentary/your-views/letters-editor-a[...]

I recall the phrase, from about 40 years ago, but inflation seems to have taken the ratio to 1:1000 these days.[...]

Looks interesting. Zacks, however, issued a Strong Sell on it, 12Mar.[...]

Taipan had quite a revolving stable of writers over the years. Some, such as Justice Litle, and Sara Nunnaly have passed on some gems in their various writings. For example, a fragment of Ian Gordon's "Lifetime Economic, Financial and Investment Map" is i[...]

Given what seems to be mounting interesting in thorium for reactors, it might become worth more than whatever extra it costs to handle and process.[...]