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
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
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John Lott is the most influential pro-gun researcher in the country. But his methods and findings have been repeatedly debunked.
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Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia, leaked U.S. document says
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