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skipper wrote a new post, Coal 9 years, 9 months ago
From US Energy Information Administration:
“In 2012, 91 percent of coal consumed in the U.S. was used for 37 percent of total U.S. electric power generation. The remaining 8 percent was consumed for ind […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Candidate Probabilities: Polls versus Bettors 9 years, 9 months ago
Here are the poll comparisons between the candidates for President. These values are from Nate Silver’s website, 538.com.
Hillary versus Donald (NBC) 51% – 38% Hillary +13
Hillary ve […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Sailing One’s Own Ship in a Tumultuous World 9 years, 9 months ago
Mariner has spent the last few days outside preparing for spring. It has been a nice respite from the Presidential campaign. Given all the attention to the presidential campaign, one must search a few channels and […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Innate Understanding of the Job 9 years, 9 months ago
When the mariner was entering the working world for the first time, he visited the state employment office. He was given an aptitude test and a dexterity test. It was only then that the counselor talked with him […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Stirrings in the South China Sea 9 years, 9 months ago
Okay. This headline has Chicken Little running around the backyard:
The U.S. Navy has dispatched a small armada to the South China Sea.
The carrier John C. Stennis, two destroyers, two cruisers and the 7th […] -
skipper wrote a new post, A new culture for economy – what's next? Redux 12 years, 8 months ago
What follows is the very first post to The Blog of the Ancient Mariner. It was posted on April 5, 2013 at 2:AM. He could write the same post today. These thoughts seem more urgent, more dire than when this post […]
