NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft has confirmed (for the first time ever) the presence of water on Mars.

The Phoenix found the water in the form of ice at the Martian north pole.

I wonder if we can use any of it to replace the Texas-sized ice sheets melting away from Earth’s polar ice caps every 30 seconds or so?

takepart by joining the fight against global warming so we won’t have to go hat in hand to Marvin the Martian…

So I’m in Phoenix now for the Tom Waits concert, and I figured I’d poke around the internet to see what environmentalism they’ve gotten themselves into in the state next to mine. Lo and behold, an article in azcentral.com tells us it looks like Arizona is planning on building one of the world’s largest solar energy plants, ready to open in 2011.

The plant will be strong enough to power 70,000 homes. Which seems like a whole lot. In conjunction with a slightly smaller plant announced in December, it seems like Arizona is attempting to become the solar capital of the world.   Or at least the Southwest.

And I can attest to the fact that they have some solar power to be captured here. It’s 108 degrees right now. Which is hotter than Baghdad today. That’s a true story.

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