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
Monday, April 10, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
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The Dalai Lama has apologized for a video where he's seen asking a young boy to suck his tongue
"His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras," read a tweet from the Dalai Lama.
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