Since the beginning of the automobile age (this photo of a Buick Roadster in a ditch was taken in 1909) there have been car accidents. As the number of cars has grown, so has the number of accidents. Speeding is a contributing cause to many accidents – 32 percent of all fatal accidents in [...]
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State Senator Paul Pinsky has introduced legislation that would put into place a ‘cap and trade’ system to limit the amount of greehouse gases emitted by Maryland industry and eventually reduce them by 90%. The legislation has the support of Governor O’Malley and many others. Under the proposal the state would use a system [...] There are plenty of people in Maryland who are opposed to any taxes at all. Andy Harris is a good example, he is proud that he has voted against any tax, even the ‘flush tax’ which is helping to clean up the Bay. Apparently, it makes no difference what the taxes will pay for; [...] This beautiful photo (click on it to see it full-sized) is of the Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Warren County, Pennsylvania and the adjacent Seneca Pumped Storage Facility. The dam was built in 1960-1965 by the Corps of Engineers to control flooding on the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. The pumped storage facility [...] As we’ve beend discussing, Maryland faces a crisis in the supply of affordable and reliable electricity. Consumption in Maryland far outstrips generating capacity in the state and transmission facilities to bring power into the state are so overtaxed that there is agreement we face the possibility of rolling blackouts beginning in 2011 if something [...] yesterday we talked about the unhappy results of energy deregulation in Maryland. Today the state faces three basic problems with its electricity supply.: It’s expensive. The cost of electricity in Maryland is significantly higher than in other states in the region and in the nation as a whole. When electricity was deregulated in Maryland back in 1999, proponents of deregulation promised a competitive, low-priced and efficient system of producing and distributing electricity that produce benefits for the producers and consumers of electricity. At the time, you may recall, electric utilities in Maryland (and other states) owned their own generating facilities and their [...] Okay, yesterday we took a look at how well the Presidential candidates raised money in Maryland and where they got it. Today we’re going to look at some Congressional candidates. Anyone in the First District knows about the knock down, drag out fight among the Republican candidates here. We’ve seen lots of TV ads and [...] With the campaign finance numbers out, I thought I’d take a quick look at how well the various candidates are doing in Maryland and on the Shore – the Presidential candidates today and the Congressional candidates tomorrow. Then I’ll return to the energy mess in Maryland. First, let’s look at the totals. Presidential candidates have [...] |
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