Even Silicon Valley Ruined
John Seiler: The disastrous policies of federal, state and local governments have not spared even Silicon Valley. Sure, the top digital geeks still trek there. Companies like Facebook still locate there. But Facebook has only about 2,000 employees, many of
Read MoreDoes Not Compute
John Seiler: Over the years I’ve written many times how it remains a mystery that the state that continues to produce the Internet Revolution can’t get its government computers to work right. That pretty much tells you all you need
Read MoreUtility Surcharge Funds Green Research
FEB. 11, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI If you look at the bottom of your electricity bill you will see a cluster of surcharges with abbreviations that conceal what the charge is going for, unless you call your utility company and
Read MoreGov. Brown Halts State Building Sale
Katy Grimes: For one year, I’ve been writing about the smelly deal of the sale of the 11 state-owned properties. In December it was halted until Gov. Brown’s administration could assess the sale and Gov. Schwarzenegger was out of office.
Read MoreCA Judges Get Cold Feet On Warming
FEB. 7, 2011 By CHRISS STREET California’s effort to save the Earth by punishing humans is taking a beating in the courts in California. Last week, San Francisco Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith squashed the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act, meant
Read MoreAlt Energy Bills Will Inflate Electric Costs
FEB. 7, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California’s elite legislators and green power industrialists got together on Feb. 3 in Sacramento to push for new legislation to expand green power mandates from 20 percent to 33 percent by 2020, just as
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Steve Lopez Myopia on Oil
FEB. 4, 2011 by JOHN SEILER L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez this week enthuses for bikes, buses and the potential of fusion power — and he attacks oil and gas-powered cars. I’m all for fusion power — when it gets
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