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Wind: A Gust of Hope

You said: "In the United States' Great Plains wind belt, wind is typically anticorrelated with demand, meaning that, unless we can shift demand to times when the wind is strong..." What about the use of ultracapacitors to store the excess energy. If there is inadequate grid lines, instead of mile long coal trains heading east out of Wyoming, mile long untracapacitors can head east out of the Great Plains wind corridor.

Dividend-Paying Utilities for a Well-Rounded Portfolio

Vectren Corp. (VVC) increased their dividend to $1.34 p/s during December 2008 for the 49th consecutive year. I own it and got the increase.

When Funds Clear Out: A Fiscal Year-End Stock Screen

Correction to Mid-Cap Reversal Candidates:
(MDU) should be MDU Resources, not MSU Resources

Energy Storage Opportunities vs. Irrational Expectations

A few weeks ago I read that diesels (even the "clean" German ones) emit soot particles of nano particle size that enter and stay in people lungs causing medical problems. Does anyone have any more info on this potential big problem for diesels?