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, December 31, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
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CAN FLOW BATTERIES FINALLY BEAT LITHIUM?
Jews were almost entirely chased out of Arab countries with nary a peep from those vilifying Israel.) Instead, she made clear that the accuser is subjecting Israel to a standard no other country must meet, which is the essence of antisemitism. During their history, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, she said, all displaced indigenous people. No one is calling these countries illegitimate or demanding they evacuate. “So why is Israel different?”
Julia Haart wants to end the gett crisis
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The Censorship Industrial Complex
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Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen acknowledges submitting AI-generated fake case citations
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