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, December 30, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Iraq Breaks Ground on $2 Billion Project to Build New City
Two Chinese firms will build 30,000 units outside Baghdad
Project is part of plan to construct 10 cities across Iraq
Ford: your vehicle can not be driven message after failed software update.
China's New Rare Earth Policy Shakes Global Tech Industry
The march took place simultaneously as thousands of older Jewish pro-Palestinian protesters — wearing all-black apparel and marching to a drumbeat — silently laid to rest 500 effigies of dead children in the middle of Times Square to mourn the scores of Gazan and Israeli children killed after Hamas attacked Israel.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters swarm World Trade Center, chant for end of Israel during rowdy funeral procession
Polluters could face jail under MSP's ecocide plan
What China’s new defense minister tells us about Xi’s military purge
Genes Promoting Fertility May Have Negative Effect on Longevity
‘How can such a tiny woman drive a big truck?’ Japan’s labour shortage forces it to rethink gender stereotypes
Zero onshore wind plans submitted in England since de facto ban was ‘lifted’
‘They told us – you are slaves’: survivors give harrowing testimony of Darfur’s year of hell
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