MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'department of energy'. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:26:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463555&cid=t_241419_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F174334%2F LEDs to cut the National Budget: According to the Department of Energy (DOE), widespread adoption of LED lights could save $120 billion between 2010 and 2030. (via Tomorrow Is Greener) Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463555 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:43:06 +0100 3463555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429152&cid=t_241419_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Flazy-people-can-change-the-world-2%2F One easy thing you can do today for your health and the environment. (Or, idle slobs, take action!) Punch Your Lights Out. Turn your lights down low. Like, off. Everyone forgets to flip the switch sometimes, or falls asleep before putting out the lights, but even a few hours a week can make a difference. Artificial lighting is responsible for about 15 percent of home energy bills, according to the U.S. Department of Energy – and cutting back on the bulbs that are on in your house will save energy and bucks. Post from: BlissTree Lazy People Can Change the World (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429152 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:07:18 +0100 3429152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175853&cid=t_241419_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FG6ERfjCc-hA%2F By Tad DeHavenOMB director Peter Orszag is blaming the inefficiencies of the federal government on outdated personal computers. That is hard to understand given that federal IT spending amounted to $200 million a day last year. A new GAO report on cost overruns at the Department of Energy undercuts Orszag’s argument that the solution to government incompetence is new computers. DOE cost overruns are nothing new. As far back as 1982 the GAO was reporting that “DOE lacked sufficient guidance to provide to its contractors for developing cost estimates.” A 2007 GAO report found that eight of 12 DOE projects it examined had exceeded their initial cost estimate by almost $14 billion due to “ineffective DOE project oversight and poor contractor management.” In 2008, GAO reported that ni... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175853 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:40:59 +0100 3175853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056612&cid=t_241419_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FrjOwAyuD-HQ%2F In 2007, the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program was created in the Department of Energy to support the development of advanced (i.e., “green”) technology vehicles. Last year Congress appropriated $7.5 billion to support a maximum of $25 billion in loans. So far, the subsidies have been dished out to Ford ($5.9 billion), Nissan ($1.6 billion), Tesla Motors ($465 million), and Fisker Automotive ($528 million). Darryl Siry, a former official at Tesla, has written a piece for Wired that illuminates a fundamental problem with the government trying to pick winners and losers in the marketplace: To the recipients the support is a vital and welcome boost. But this massive government intervention in private capital markets may have the unintended consequence of stifling inn... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056612 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:17 +0100 3056612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416804&cid=t_241419_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fzx1pgtruDqM%2F Try as they might, supporters of big government spending cannot make federal programs work very well. The Department of Energy, for example, has been plagued by mismanagement, cost overruns, and scandals for decades. Today, the Washington Post reports on the poor performance of DoE’s environmental clean-up programs. As I reviewed in the linked essay, these enormously costly programs have been plagued by mismanagement for at least 25 years. Last week, Lou Dobbs lambasted DOE’s National Ignition Facility in California for its huge cost overruns (Hat Tip: Harrison Moar). I summarize these costly projects and other DoE boondoggles here. With bipartisan support for increases to energy subsidies, we can expect a raft of bipartisan boondoggles developing over coming months and y... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416804 Mon, 18 May 2009 14:02:55 +0100 2416804