Energy independence

Why should you vote for David Esrati for Congress in OH-10

Yesterday I posted the positions for my congressional run. It’s too long- it’s covering a ton of things I’ve posted on this site before, and it’s on www.electesrati.com for you to peruse. However, I run into a fundamental problem with having two different sites- this one, where I’ve got the 1,900+ posts on positions and Read More

How to get small business moving, Mr. Immelt?

When did Dayton become the first stop on the bullshit express? We had John McCain go rogue and introduce Sarah Palin as his secret weapon at the Nutter Center- and now, we get a junta of overpaid CEOs from big business trying to figure out how to create jobs via small business: The President’s Council Read More

Historic South Park scores with Walk Score – the walkability index

Although I wouldn’t call a closed Sherwin Williams store a “hardware store”- South park scores 71 of 100 on the walkability score. With more than a few of my neighbors walking to work Downtown, to UD, to MVH- it is possible to live in South Park without a car. If and when, Kroger builds their Read More

Throwing good money after good.

The State of Ohio offered GM $56 million dollars to keep Moraine General Assembly (the truck plant) open. Luckily, even as stupid as the GM leadership is, they turned the State down. 2,400 GM workers and thousands of others who support the plant will lose their jobs. Yes, it sucks. But, why invest in yesterday? Read More

How to encourage doubling our gas mileage quickly.

My car gets 25 mpg. My motorcycle gets 45 mpg. My scooter gets 90 mpg. Guess which is the most fun? That’s right, the 125 cc scooter that passes more gas stations on a gallon and a half than you can shake a stick at. It’s also the fist step to US energy independence. I’m Read More