“There are problems with parts supply. But each day, we are doing our utmost to improve the conditions so that we can deliver cars to many customers.”-Akio Toyoda, Toyota President
Toyota is having trouble getting around 150 components, but that’s down from 500 components after the March 11 quake.
Toyota said it […] Continue Reading…
I’ve been checking the Idaho RadNet web site and have gotten frustrated because it’s become clear Idaho DEQ is not updating the site. I checked it today, 08 April 2011, @ 11:00AM Mountain Time, and the RadNet posting is still for 06 April 2011.
Recently the Associated Press reported how the RadNet monitors are not […] Continue Reading…
“The monitoring system isn’t functioning fully.”-Daniel Hirsch, University of California Santa Cruz
Hirsch said that EPA is too slow in releasing data about the radiation from the nuclear accident in Japan. Some RadNet monitoring systems have been offline for months.
The Associated Press, quoting the Environmental Protection Agency’s own website, said as many as 20 of […] Continue Reading…
Chile’s economy continues to awe outsiders. For the month of February, 2011, Chile’s economy grew by 7.2%.
Chile’s Central Bank said it’s due mainly to exports. The top export from Chile is copper. Right now copper is trading for $10,000 per ton.
Other exports helped Chile: Fruit, timber and fishing. Chile also got a boost from […] Continue Reading…
From 1998 to 2008 Venezuelans increased their caloric consumption by 55.5%. That’s according to a study by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Also, between 70-75% of the food is produced locally. It reflects Venezuela’s focus on increasing domestic production.
Venezuela also has a law that says the government must keep three months worth of […] Continue Reading…
For the past three years Iran has been building updated dairy production centers and corn flour mills in Venezuela.
Iranian ambassador, Adbolessa Mesri, said the project is meant to upgrade Venezuela’s technology in milk and flour production. The deal gives Venezuela the rights to export the technology to other South American countries.
“We urgently need to restore dignity to this nation and fight violence with education, culture, poetry and employment.”-Javier Sicilia, son was killed last week
In Mexico City at least 40,000 people protested the drugs war, pointing out that most deaths make no sense as they are mainly innocent bystanders, or people who have no proven […] Continue Reading…
Russia just delivered two Mi-35P (P for Peru?) Hind E attack copters to Peru.
Officially Peru is using the helicopters in their drugs war.
In 2010 Peru signed a $108-million contract for six Mi-171 Hip H multi-role helicopters and two Mi-35 helicopters. The Mi-35 is an improved version of the infamous Mi-24 Hind, and the Mi-171 […] Continue Reading…
Toyota and Nissan hope to restart all their Japanese plants by mid to late April.
However, production will not be at full capacity.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission studied the safety of nuclear plants in the United States. The Peach Bottom nuclear plant in Pennsylvania is not safe from a natural disaster.
The report says if a power loss occurs for a long time, fuel rods in the reactor could be damaged, releasing radioactive isotopes within two days. […] Continue Reading…