When at the Morgan Hill, CA Library, I normally scan the new books section looking for something interesting. The last time I did this, I discovered The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization’s Northern Future a look at the future by Laurence C. Smith, Professor of Geography at UCLA. It is an easy [...]
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Dave Anderson of Newshoggers was our guest this week, and had enormous amounts of information and insights about the shutdown and 2012. Thank you for joining us, Dave! Topics included: Will the shutdown happen? Hard right Republicans want to defund EPA and Planned Parenthood, so this is hardly just about the budget. But Democrats as [...] NYC plans to turn sewage sludge into energy. Ultra-thin paint cuts fuel costs on jets. Power your devices with water. Yes, water. Chevron ordered to pay $8 billion in environmental damages by Ecuador court. Shell Oill says we’re running out of oil. Exxon-Mobil is buying companies because it can’t find enough oil on its own. [...] Those tree-hugging alarmists of the US Joint Forces Command warn of 10 million barrel a day shortfalls by 2015. This could have serious economic and political impact, especially in China and India. He says it will be more serious than the current financial crisis. Lyrics and info We had us some fun, burnin’ it up like a billion little suns Turning it day from night, yea we did it up right It was a hydrocarbon party that was ragin’ for generations But the Sun’s coming up now and, man, it ain’t pretty We’re on the back-side of the peak [...] The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying. This is like the economic crisis. Our government makes up imaginary numbers and pretends there is [...] |  | ||||
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