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What’s New in the Arizona Legislature

MANY GREAT BILLS IN THE AZ LEGISLATURE: The following are just a few of the outstanding bills that are now being voted at the Arizona State Legislature. To get additional information, go to the Arizona State Legislature website. The following are some of my bills: SB 1546 (eminent domain on federal property) This bill allows [...]

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The Arizona Geological Survey’s Treasure Trove of Hidden “Gems”

You might think that a department of state government with as dry a name as “The Arizona Geological Survey” would be the last place that you would find a witty, informative, “layman’s term”, passionate, blogger. Your probably thinking of reams of mine data, unintelligible maps, graphs, charts, and obtuse scientific terms, surrounded by bibliographical references. [...]

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The Frailty of our Energy Systems (Part Deux)

To followup on Vince Leach’s recent post regarding the frailty of our energy systems, we were pleased to see Senate Bill 1393 pass out of the Committee on Border Security, Federalism, and States Sovereignty, yesterday, Thursday 02/10/11. This bill, with Senator Sylvia Allen as the primary sponsor makes the following central point.  “Any effort by [...]

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Cold Snap Points to the Frailty of our Energy Systems

As the temperature plunged last week, up to 19,000 Tucson homes, businesses, and schools lost fuel for heating and running operations. Calls also went out in NM and Texas over the concern of high gas usage pushing the current distribution system beyond its capability.  What would have been the ramifications if this happened in all [...]

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Arizona Should Follow This European Lead

Arizona should look closely at renewable energy models that are abundant in Europe.  Most importantly, AZ should look at what is now happening to the financial structures of these green industries. Quotes from Canada’ Globe and Mail 1/26/11 as follows: “The Spanish and Germans are doing it. So are the French. The British might have [...]

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Atomic Energy Can Make Arizona a Very Rich State

Any practical plan for our future must include alternate energy sources and any alternate energy plan must include atomic energy.  In truth, Arizona can be a very rich and prosperous state with plentiful and affordable electricity through atomic power, and we can also have plentiful and affordable water through desalination. Giving us an additional advantage [...]

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