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, September 16, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Island sees 7,000 migrants arrive in 48 hours
Lampedusa has population of just over 6,000
Arrivals to Spain's Canary Islands more than treble
Outflanked by liberals, Oregon conservatives aim to become part of Idaho
What is Nipah virus? India rushes to contain outbreak.
Switching half of the world’s meat and dairy intake with plants would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and almost entirely halt deforestation, researchers say.
Are Tom’s of Maine and Colgate toothpaste tubes really recyclable?
For First Time, Crows Have Been Found To Use Statistical Inference To Make Decisions
A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse
Who were the first farmers?
Scientists are gaining new understanding of how the brain transitions from life to death. A new study monitored the brains of patients having a cardiac emergency. The brains of some cardiac arrest patients burst into a flurry of activity during CPR, which was conducted for up to an hour after their heart stopped. A subset of the study participants who survived were able to recall the experience.
Armed man posing as law enforcement arrested at RFK event
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