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
Thursday, May 23, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Google's Nonsensical AI
Biden admin openly hammering Israel’s military strategy in Gaza
China Begins Military Drills 'Surrounding' Taiwan: State Media
Red Lobster choked on its own shrimp supply
One Investor’s Uphill Battle to Turn Rewilding Into a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar
The mystery over why human brains have shrunk over time
Now it emerges that Alito also flew a Christian Dominionist flag at his beach house
United States Gross Domestic Product (GDP) does not include debt repayment. GDP measures the total value of all goods and services produced within a country over a specific period, typically a year or a quarter. It includes consumer spending, business investments, government spending, and net exports (exports minus imports).
In other words, GDP only reflects half the transaction!
A Taliban revenge killing prompts questions, removal of an acclaimed documentary
No comments:
Post a Comment