Cheaper than coal?

Last week, the New York Times reported that Nanosolar, a Silicon Valley start-up company, had begun selling solar panels at a cost of $1 per watt.  This would allow the production of $2 per watt systems, making new solar power systems cheaper than coal.  (New coal power plants cost $2.1 per watt.)   They managed to [...]

Benazir murdered

Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today at a political rally by an apparent suicide bomber.
Her father was murdered by Zia.  Now she is murdered while another general holds power in Pakistan.  While she was far from perfect, and her government was plagued by corruption, I will always remember her as she was when she first came [...]