Norway, on a small scale, has already been able to store electric energy efficiently. When the wind power is producing more than can be used (say late at night) they used the power to produce liquid hydrogen through electrolysis. The result was a pollution free production of a liquid and portable energy source that they used to power hydrogen fuel cell generators when the wind was not blowing and they needed power. This is not some pie in the sky idea, it was being done effectively. Imagine...

My reading of the evidence is that though teachers and administrators matter, the evidence points to the intractable challenges of poverty and racial isolation as the keys to eliminating the achievement gap. Promoting changes that focus only on teacher evaluation and liberating administrators to enjoy greater “flexibility” only dances around the problem. The only way to solve the crisis in our schools is to deal forthrightly with the legacies of racism and poverty that continue to plague...

Mr. Tester, I do not want an equal society, but a more equal one than we have now. We are at historic levels of inequality. It has been more than one hundred years since were this unequal. I know of no one is calling for a perfectly equal society, but it seems fair to ask how we became this unequal, that the consequences of the inequality are, and how we can more back toward greater equality.

Thanks for your thoughtful essay...