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
Monday, February 12, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Engineer Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Trade Secret Technology Designed to Detect Nuclear Missile Launches and Track Missiles
Sam Altman wants to raise up to $7 trillion. That's, uh, a lot of dough.
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Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline
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US public health after covid-19: learning from the failures of the hollow state and racial capitalism
Moody’s lowers Israeli credit rating, downgrades outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’
Polish farmers launch 30-day protest, blocking roads and Ukraine border crossings
Greenland is losing so much ice it's getting taller
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