Infrastructure

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  1. Obama acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium?

    LOUD3R Score: 1284 - Yesterday

    There was talk about Dems shortening the Convention to three days, but now, talk is about doing "something different" on the last night. Could it be this ? What better place to accept the nomination for the most powerful job in the world? Invesco... Full Article At Daily Kos

  2. McCain reboots and gives rise to the Rovians

    LOUD3R Score: 1110 - Yesterday

    After effectively securing the Republican nomination in early February, and officially crossing the delegate threshold in early March, John McCain had plenty of time to shape a general ... Full Article At The Carpetbagger Report

  3. Today's Polls: Gallup Snaps Back Into Line

    LOUD3R Score: 1006 - Jun 29, 2008

    Hardly a full diet of polling today but just an amuse bouche. In Arizona, Rasmussen has the state's Senior Senator leading by 9 points; he had held a 20-point lead in Rasmussen's last Poll of ... Full Article At The New Republic

  4. Patrick Takahashi: What About Free Hydrogen? Part 1

    LOUD3R Score: 576 - Jul 2, 2008

    Over the next couple of Green posts I will discuss the matter of free hydrogen. Yes, just make hydrogen free by, say, 2020, and let industry, with government assistance, develop the Infrastructure and systems to handle the Age of Free Hydrogen... Full Article At HuffingtonPost

  5. Dominion to Sell Two Distributors

    LOUD3R Score: 313 - Jul 2, 2008

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    Dominion has agreed to sell two natural-gas distributors to an Infrastructure-investment fund that is a satellite of embattled Australian asset manager Babcock & Brown Ltd. for $910 million.... Full Article At Wall Street Journal: Politics and Policy

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  7. Janet Ritz: Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

    LOUD3R Score: 565 - Jul 1, 2008

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    A new study by the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the National Center for Atmospheric Research has warned that the integrity of carbon and methane sequestering permafrost is threatened by the rapid retreat of Arctic Sea Ice. This comes at the same time as warnings that this summer may see the... Full Article At HuffingtonPost

  8. THE LA SUBWAY.

    LOUD3R Score: 309 - Jun 30, 2008

    As an addendum to that last post, it's worth remembering that there's no cosmic reason that Los Angeles doesn't have an integrated, comprehensive public transit ... Full Article At The American Prospect - Ezra Klein

  9. $200 BARRELS AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

    LOUD3R Score: 309 - Jun 30, 2008

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    The LA Times has an interesting article on what will happen if oil prices hit $200. In short, activities that require lots of oil will become incredibly expensive. And in Southern California, just about all activities require lots of oil. Michael Woo, a member of Los Angeles's Planning Commission... Full Article At The American Prospect - Ezra Klein



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Infrastructure

Wikipedia

Public works are the construction or engineering projects carried out by the state on behalf of the community.

Overview

The notion of internal improvements or public works is a concept in economics and politics. The term public infrastructure refers only to the infrastructural capital involved in these activities.

An internal improvement is some constructible object that augments a nation's economic infrastructure; examples include airports, canals, dams, dikes, pipelines, railroads, roads, tunnels, and artificial harbours.

Public works is a slightly broader term, it can include such things as: mines, schools, hospitals, water purification and sewage treatment centers. Municipal infrastructure, urban infrastructure and rural development are often used interchangeably but imply either large cities or developing nations' concerns respectively. The terms public infrastructure or critical infrastructure are also used interchangeably...More Infrastructure @ wikipedia

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