Why peak oil helps industrial agriculture
The Oil Drum does a superb job of refuting that tired, gloomy prediction by some peak oil theorists that we will need to go back to small farms and hand farming. They show this is not based on fact, but…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month January 2008
Carnage in the markets
International markets are down anywhere from 3-6% today, with Dow futures down 350 points. US markets are closed today. Tomorrow, it appears, will be a death ride down.
Martin Luther King quotes
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. A riot is the language of the unheard. He who passively accepts evil is as much…
The price of heat
One of six British households spends more than 10% of their income on utility bills, and prices are going up. In New England, the soaring price of heating oil is creating the same problems. We keep our thermostat at 64…
Emission trading exchanges
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), launched in 2003, is the world’s first and North America’s only active voluntary, legally binding integrated trading system to reduce emissions of all six major greenhouse gases (GHGs), with offset projects worldwide. Reductions achieved through CCX…