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
Sunday, June 04, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
China Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the Earth
President Xi called for more underground exploration in 2021
The narrow shaft will break through 10 continental strata
World's First X-Ray of a Single Atom Reveals Chemistry on The Smallest Level
A Confession Exposes India’s Secret Hacking Industry
The country has developed a lucrative specialty: cyberattacks for hire.
Biden Falls Onstage at Air Force Commencement
Supreme Court Rules Company Can Sue for Damages Caused by Strike
Hundreds of Mystery Structures Found at The Heart of The Milky Way
Medical systems are set up to put people on drugs, not take them off
Senate Passes Debt Limit Bill
The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic
China defends buzzing American warship and accuses the U.S. of provocation
4 people died after a boat sank on a picturesque lake. All of the passengers had connections to Israeli and Italian intelligence.
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