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
Friday, November 03, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
The obesity drugs craze is overlooking one big, open question
Years into a climate disaster, these people are eating the unthinkable
Chatbots are so gullible, they’ll take directions from hackers
The Real Story Behind Patrice Lumumba’s Assassination
The glass bridge that broke and killed a tourist in Indonesia wasn't even half an inch thick, investigators say
How Gaza’s tunnel network leaves Israel facing ‘three-dimensional’ war
Maersk, the world's largest shipping company, to cut 10,000 jobs in response to challenging container trade conditions.
Putin revokes Russia’s ratification of nuclear test ban treaty
Desk-sized Supercritical CO2 turbine can power up to 10,000 homes
Hezbollah leader warns Israel ‘all possibilities on the Lebanese front are open’
No comments:
Post a Comment