From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog

With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin

Friday, September 10, 2021

From Jenna Orkin

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Georgia passed one of the strictest voting laws in the US. These companies pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars to the lawmakers behind it.

Corporations including Coca-Cola, Walmart, and UPS donated to the state lawmakers who voted for Georgia's Election Integrity Act of 2021.
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An 82-year-old engineer made a machine that can turn air into drinking water

A new California law could let Amazon workers fight against 'relentless' quotas and demand to see hidden productivity metrics

An influential Saudi banker moved to the US to pitch his country and crown prince to DC. Here's how his mission suddenly derailed.

  • Ali Shihabi set up the Arabia Foundation to promote MBS to the Washington, DC, elite.
  • He weathered claims of official Saudi funding, an employee lawsuit, and Khashoggi's murder.

 

Jenna Orkin at 3:44 AM
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