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, March 29, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they realize how broke they are
Michigan nuclear plant aims to be first ever to reopen in US
Over 20% of the World’s Oil Refining Capacity Is at Risk of Closure
Fort Bend Co. neighbors want to know whether solar panel farm's hailstorm damage leaked chemicals
Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals
Melting polar ice is changing the Earth's rotation and affecting how we measure time: Study
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) may lose a second for the first time.
Preparing for a China war, the Marines are retooling how they’ll fight
China is all in on green tech. The U.S. and Europe fear unfair competition.
The antagonism between the remembered Jesus and “the Jews” was one of which the actual Jesus would have known nothing. Though he participated in disputations that were normal in the Jewish community of his time—such as debates over what exactly the Shabbat laws required, or what deference was due to Caesar—he was in mortal conflict not with his own people but with the Roman government.
Birds create barcode-like memories to locate stored food, scientists find
The billionaire investor Ray Dalio says five major trends have China headed for a "100-year storm."
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