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
Saturday, June 17, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
The Quest to Save Chili Peppers
A seed bank in Taiwan is home to more chili varieties than anywhere else on earth. In a warming world, we’re going to need them.
How four children survived Amazon plane crash, 40 days alone in jungle
“I Am the Only One”: Trump’s Messianic 2024 Message
Under threat of prison, the master of fear and anger takes another dark political turn.
US nuclear-powered submarine that ran into an underwater mountain in the South China Sea is going to be stuck in repairs for years
A white supremacist took MDMA for a study, and it snapped him out of his beliefs: 'Why am I doing this?'
Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, and the Modern Whistle-Blower
Jewish denominations: A brief guide for the perplexed
Black women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than white women but are about 40 percent more likely to die of the disease. Black men are more than twice as likely to die of prostate cancer as their white peers.
A Supreme Court blunder endangers Native American children
Scientists made a frightening discovery when they measured sharks worldwide
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