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Michael Giberson ExxonMobil, among the companies under investigation by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumers Services for price gouging following Hurricane Ike, has asked the state agency to explain just what price gouging is according to Florida law. [ExxonMobil] officials claim the state’s rules for price gouging are too broad. They have written to …

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Lynne Kiesling Courtesy of this Boing Boing post, I am enjoying Laura Levine’s rock & roll photographs very much. Is that Michael Stipe with hair? See more of her excellent photos here. The early R.E.M. photos are charming, and the Michael Hutchence photos are bittersweet. And I love the Iggy Pop/Chrissie Hynde photo; I’m on …

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Michael Giberson Rebecca Smith, in the Wall Street Journal, surveys the current state of nuclear power’s future in the United States. “Times are exciting for nuclear,” says Ronaldo Szilard, director of nuclear science and engineering at the Idaho National Lab, a part of the U.S. Energy Department. “There are lots of options being explored.” But …

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Michael Giberson Tyler Cowen said if he were exiled from the United States and had to live semi-permanently in another country, assuming a non-English speaking country to make it interesting, he’d select Berlin or Cologne in Germany. My thought? Copenhagen. Denmark scores high on assessments of economic freedom (here and here) and political freedoms (here).  …

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Michael Giberson The Financial Times Energy Source blog unearths a recommendation from 100 years ago to try wind power “in view of our diminishing returns of coal and petroleum.”  Practical issues are discussed, storage issues seen as important. Also at Energy Source, “The murky task of curbing speculation.”

Lynne Kiesling A follow-up on my post from earlier this week: I am happy to report that the head of Buget’s customer service has contacted me, and that the dispute is resolved, with the charge removed from my account. I appreciate his attention to the matter, and am grateful for the resolution.