• Try, Try Again

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  • Keynes vs Hayek

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  • Does Sturgeon’s Law Apply To Human Beings?

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  • ‘Attempts to Save the Baba’

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  • Learning From Japan’s Nuclear Disaster

    Updated: 2011-04-29 14:58:57
    Thanks to Fred Stanback for this article.  See http://blog.rmi.org/LearningFromJapansNuclearDisaster Learning from Japan’s Nuclear Disaster by Amory B. Lovins Friday, March 18, 2011 As heroic workers and soldiers strive to save stricken Japan from a new horror-radioactive fallout-some truths known for 40 years bear repeating. An earthquake-and-tsunami zone crowded with 127 million people is an unwise [...]

  • Wind: The Center of the Plan B Energy Economy

    Updated: 2011-04-28 14:05:18
    Thanks to Lester Brown for this article.  See: http://www.earth-policy.org/book_bytes/2011/wotech9_ss2 Wind: The Center of the Plan B Economy For many years, a small handful of countries dominated growth in wind power, but this is changing as the industry goes global, with more than 70 countries now developing wind resources. Between 2000 and 2010, world wind electric [...]

  • Review of the Film Mother: Caring Our Way Out of the Population Dilemma

    Updated: 2011-04-26 19:11:45
    Thanks to Al Bartlett for his review of this film.  If you would like to organize a screening in your area, contact Joyce Johnson at joyce@tiroirafilms.net. Mother: Caring Our Way Out of the Population Dilemma Recently I attended a premier showing of a new film “Mother; Caring Our Way Out of the Population Dilemma” and I [...]

  • Population or Affluence?

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:09:37
    Thanks to Dave Foreman for this issue of Around the Campfire. Population or Affluence? In our last gathering about the campfire, I looked at how Technology plays in raising carrying capacity, thereby raising Population and Affluence, and shooting up Mankind’s Impact on wild things.  As I kindle this campfire, I’d like to weigh in on [...]

  • Interactive Map from the US Census Bureau Showing State-by-State Population Change Over a Century

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:07:20
    Thanks to Joe Bish for this link.  See http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/flash/9193970/ A century of population change WRAL.com This interactive map from the US Census Bureau shows the state-by-state change over a century in population, density and Congressional representation. Population Density: Includes Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia in population density rankings.

  • Population News Digest

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:05:13
    You may be interested in subscribing to a weekly round-up of population related news-stories distributed by Joe Bish, Population Outreach Manager at PMC and coordinator of the Population Institute’s Global Population Speak Out. Titled as the “Population News Digest”, the service distributes between 50 to 75 population related news articles, OpEds and high-quality blog-posts from [...]

  • The influence of constrained fossil fuel emissions scenarios on climate and water resource projections

    Updated: 2011-04-22 14:53:16
    Thanks to John Coulter for this article in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.  See http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/8/2627/2011/hessd-8-2627-2011.html Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 8, 2627-2665, 2011 www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/8/2627/2011/ doi:10.5194/hessd-8-2627-2011 © Author(s) 2011. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. The influence of constrained fossil fuel emissions scenarios on climate and water resource projections J. D. Ward1, A. D. Werner2,3, [...]

  • This Time We’re Taking the Whole Planet With Us

    Updated: 2011-04-21 14:56:40
    Thanks to Joyce Tarnow for this article. See http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/60-60/5184-this-time-were-taking-the-whole-planet-with-us Posted on March 7, 2011: This Time We Are Taking The Whole Planet With Us. By Chris Hedges I have walked through the barren remains of Babylon in Iraq and the ancient Roman city of Antioch, the capital of Roman Syria, which now lies buried in [...]

  • What Lies behind Egypt’s Problems? How do They Affect Others?

    Updated: 2011-04-20 16:24:20
    Thanks to Mark O’Connor for this article.  One of the graphs below makes very clear the link between the price of oil and the price of food.  See http://ourfiniteworld.com/2011/01/29/whats-behind-egypts-problems/ What Lies behind Egypt’s Problems? How do They Affect Others? Posted on January 29, 2011 by gailtheactuary We have all been reading about Egypt in the newspapers, [...]

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