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eric blair on July 30, 2008 - 9:15am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

As the topic of money is sometimes posted....
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/77/capitalism_under_assault.html

Unger rejects the paths that South Korea and China took to success. Unger proposes that the government both tax and invest heavily. Voting should be made mandatory, as should savings.

I wonder if a 50% effective tax rate is heavy enough?

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jimvj on July 30, 2008 - 3:42pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Help!

How would I find the annual budget of the NREL, and,
more generally, the portion of the DoE budget that was
allocated to renewable, alternative energy research?

I would like the numbers for years going back decades,
if possible. Google fails me at this task; it keeps
returning the "crisis" of the 2005/6 NREL budget.

Thanks.

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phreephallin on July 30, 2008 - 3:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

You could try querying the GPO Access database. I did a quick search and pulled up the DOE's budget, but breaking out the NREL part was not immediately obvious. Maybe a call to NREL public affairs office (303) 275-4090, (I didn't see an email) might be most expedient.

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jimvj on July 30, 2008 - 5:43pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Thanks!

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Sparaxis on July 30, 2008 - 10:29pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

NREL's total funding since FY02 is shown at http://www.nrel.gov/overview/

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practical peak on July 31, 2008 - 9:38am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Here is a link to DOE's budget: http://www.energy.gov/about/budget.htm. NREL's budget is in the laboratory section. Note that NREL is not managed directly by DOE, but rather by Battelle.

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