China-US to build W Texas wind farm

China-US to build W Texas wind farm
A month or two ago, I saw President Obama doing one of those onfomertials/campaign blurg that we are going to create jobs, manufacturer wind turbine at home, and get the economy moving again. I wonder what loan guarantees and cash grants to US government is giving China. With trillions of dollars vanishing from the US Treasury and trillions of dollars of debt, how much of State of Texas was pledged as collateral this?

China-US to build W Texas wind farm
A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on Thursday to build a 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas, using turbines made in China.

Construction of the $1.5 billion wind farm will be financed largely by Chinese banks, with the help of loan guarantees and cash grants from the United States government.

“This wind farm project came about thanks to the openness of the United States for investments in the field of renewable energy,” said John S. Lin, chief operating officer of A-Power Energy Generation Systems, which is part of the consortium building the project.

The wind farm will be the first instance of a Chinese manufacturer exporting wind turbines to the United States, said Yang Yazhou, vice mayor of the city of Shenyang, where the wind turbines will be manufactured.

The farm, to be built on 36,000 acres in West Texas, will use 240 of its 2.5-megawatt turbines. Construction is scheduled to begin in March 2010, and the project is expected to create 300 temporary jobs and about 30 permanent jobs. Six hundred megawatts of wind power is enough to meet the electricity needs of between 135,000 and 180,000 American homes for a year.

Other partners include the U.S. Renewable Energy Group, an investment firm, and a wind-farm developer, Cielo Wind Power of Austin, Tex.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/bu...er=rss&emc=rss

Brown and Sarkozy rowed with Obama

Brown and Sarkozy rowed with Obama

The telegraph.co.uk reported

Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy had a behind-the-scenes row with Barack Obama over last week's announcement about a secret uranium enrichment plant in Iran.

The President is believed to have angered the European leaders by insisting on delaying a joint press conference until after he had chaired a meeting of the UN Security Council.

Mr Obama is said to have been worried the announcement would undermine the impact of his session on nuclear non-proliferation.

and this

ANALYSIS-Disappointed Sarkozy shifts gaze from Washington

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, initially dubbed Sarko the American for his pro-U.S. stance, is finding it much tougher to deal with Washington than he had anticipated and is recalibrating his policies accordingly.

Stung by perceived snubs from U.S. President Barack Obama and encouraged by the growing importance of the G20, Sarkozy is increasingly reaching out to non-aligned states in an effort to extend France's international influence. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/reuters/...-ANALYSIS.html

And an unrelated matter:

Japan

Worried about a new direction in Japan's foreign policy, the Obama administration warned the Tokyo government Wednesday of serious consequences if it reneges on a military realignment plan formulated to deal with a rising China.

The comments from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates underscored increasing concern among U.S. officials as Japan moves to redefine its alliance with the United States and its place in Asia. In August, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won an overwhelming victory in elections, ending more than 50 years of one-party rule.

For a U.S. administration burdened with challenges in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea and China, troubles with its closest ally in Asia constitute a new complication. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...102100746.html

L:ooks like a tough week for our President!

Swine Flu Emergency

Swine Flu Emergency

Obama declares swine flu a national emergency

According to Yahoo New

President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.

The declaration, signed Friday night and announced Saturday, comes with the disease more prevalent than ever in the country and production delays undercutting the government's initial, optimistic estimates that as many as 120 million doses of the vaccine could be available by mid-October.

Or not??

This is Interesting.....

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/...-hn-emergency/

Do You Think H1N1 Is a National Emergency?

President Obama declared a national emergency Friday related to the outbreak of H1N1 flu, allowing health officials greater leeway under federal regulations to respond to the virus. The virus has claimed the lives of 1,000 Americans, but it isn't clear yet whether the outbreak will be any worse than the annual outbreak of seasonal flu.

Quote:

Yes, we should prepare for the outbreak to get much worse 8% (678 votes)

Yes, though the outlook isn't as dire as it sounds 6% (518 votes)

No, but I'm still concerned about the flu's spread 29% (2,332 votes)

No, the outbreak is little more than media hype 54% (4,356 votes)

I don't know 1% (115 votes)

I don't know which way it will go, but I hope it is mild, either way.