Archived material from historical editions of The Generator
Investment firm Babcock & Brown will start building a 600MW power station in the NSW town of Wagga Wagga by the end of the year to add to its $2 billion portfolio of power station assets, reported The Australian Financial Review (28 September 2006, p.16).
Chinese scientists announced a successful thermonuclear fusion experiment in their Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) based in Hefei, the capital city of Anhui province. EAST, made with special stainless steel, about 12 meters in height, and weighing 400 tons, is an upgrade of China’s first-generation Tokamak device.
http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2006/060929china_fusion.html
The online environmental magazine, Grist, has published a set of questions and answers on coastal erosion and government responses to it.
http://www.rense.com/general73/whyc.htm
By Paul Craig Roberts
The neoconservative Bush administration will attack Iran with tactical nuclear weapons, because it is the only way the neocons believe they can rescue their goal of U.S. (and Israeli) hegemony in the Middle East.
The U.S. has lost the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Generals in both war theaters are stating their need for more troops. But there are no troops to send.
http://www.ringnebula.com/Oil/Timeline.htm
The Ring Nebula timeline of Afghanistan details the political events since 1979 that have led to its current status as a "failed state". With link to supporting documentation this is a useful starting point for anyone attempting to understand how one of the cradles of civilisation became a basket case.
http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=859&Itemid=135
By Chris Floyd
So the New York Times has finally roused itself and laid out the straight facts about the presidential tyranny that has been erected around the pathetic figure of George W. Bush: Rushing Off a Cliff. The Times is to be lauded for this eloquent and powerful depiction of our degraded political state, and you should read it in full. But a few vital points must mitigate our praise of this otherwise remarkable editorial.