Archive for 'Engineering'
There Is More To Poll Results Than Meets The Eye
In a previous post an average of polls was cited as evidence for Senator McCain’s likely win over Senator Clinton in the general election. The problem with averaging polls is that it mashes really excellent results with truly horrid ones, resulting in some mediocre mess as well as averaging extreme with more typical results. […]
Posted: January 22nd, 2008 under Engineering, Oversight, We Are the Enemy.
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“Big Dig” done at 500% cost overrun!
Appropriately named after Dem icon “Tip” O’Neill, the downtown tunnel and elevated central artery urban planners thought would bring Boston into the 21st century has laid a golden egg. Originally budgeted at $2.6 billion, the Apes say our nation’s most expensive highway project- ever- came in five years later at a cool $14.6 billion. Brahmin John […]
Posted: December 26th, 2007 under Ain't That America, Economics, Engineering, Oversight, Where's the Outrage.
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EPA sides with auto industry. Meanwhile, there is something new under the sun.
While the Wall Street Journal tells us that the EPA has denied California’s request for a waiver that would allow the state to impose stricter environmental regulations on automobiles, Solar Daily tells us that the first U.S. plant dedicated to production of equipment for solar thermal power generation will be built in Las Vegas. The […]
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under Economics, Engineering, Global Warming.
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