Economics
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What To Do With Nuclear Boy?
Given recent events in Japan, I wanted to broach the somewhat controversial topic of nuclear fission power plants, and the…
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Can the United States Feed China?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute In 1994, I wrote an article in World Watch magazine entitled “Who Will…
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The End of Farming in the Fertile Crescent
It’s heart-breaking to think that there will be farmers in the United States, harvesting produce bound for Iraq, who actually,…
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Sutures in the City
by Adrian Buckley This article’s about where, I think, the best place to invest our energy toward creating positive change…
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The Great ‘Simple Living’ Survey
Editor’s Preamble: Regular readers will know I’m fully behind any efforts to enact policy changes which would incentivise/facilitate/incubate a rapid…
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Industrial Era Assumptions
by Richard Burton I no longer work with corporations much because the heart of the conversation and action in my…
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Why World Food Prices May Keep Climbing
Editor’s Note: In addition to the post from Lester below, also check out this: "Warning Of ‘Food Price Riots In…
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The Price of Food is at the Heart of this Wave of Revolutions
It seems as though the wheels are continuing to show signs of coming off as it concerns the issue of…
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Dmitry Orlov: Peak Oil Lessons From The Soviet Union
Those who appreciated the very interesting articles by Dmitry Orlov (recommended reading!) will appreciate this clip also.
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The Burning Building
by Richard Burton Among world leaders there is no longer an actual debate about climate change. It is clear that…
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Robot Wars
by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United Kingdom Every month more evidence piles up, suggesting…
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