Prediction: Americans will, within the next 10 years, begin designing and manufacturing their very own vehicles using in-home three-dimensional printing systems, services and consumables. Why do I believe such an outlandish prediction? For starters, it’s because others believe it, too! Almost a month ago, someone predicted that, by 2013, the global market for 3D Printing [...]
Prediction: DIY Car Manufacturing Within 10 Years
May 20th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Tags: · 3-d printing, 3d printing, Barack Obama, Clean Energy, clean energy economy, desktop manufacturing, diy, do-it-yourself manufacturing, emission, fuel emission standards, fuel standards, gas mileage, gas mileage standards, Greenhouse Gases, knock on wood, micro-cars, miles per gallon, Obama, president barack obama, president obama
Inhofe Wants GITMO Commitment Made Permanent
May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Today, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on his Democrat and Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate to stand by their commitment to prevent Gitmo detainees from being transferred to the U.S. by signing on to his legislation (S.370). Senators Inhofe and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) yesterday introduced [...]
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Air Force to Retire Nearly 250 Fighter Aircraft
May 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Following the May 7 roll-out of the fiscal year 2010 budget proposal for the Department of Defense, Air Force officials announced in a news release today plans to retire legacy fighters to fund a smaller and more capable force and redistribute people for higher priority missions. The Combat Air Forces restructuring plan would accelerate the [...]
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Chrysler Dealers Talk About Being Robbed (Updated)
May 20th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Below are three videos which capture some of the emotions of Chrysler dealers in Georgia, Michigan and New York who’ve been told their dealerships are set to close: Video #1 (above): Daniel Womack, owner of a Claxton Chrysler in rural Claxton, Ga., warns the loss of his dealership in a town where everyone knows each [...]
Tags: · bailout, big three automakers, Bob McCarty
Scandal at Saint Louis Brewery — Or Not?
May 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments
In an investigative report that aired last night on NBC affiliate KSDK Channel 5, reporter Leisa Zigman tried to stoke the fires of anger and discontent that have been brewing in St. Louis ever since the 2008 purchase of Anheuser-Busch by Belgium brewer InBev. She went so far as to compare the actions of executives [...]
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