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“Lippmann…argued in his best-selling book called Public Opinion that democracy was fundamentally flawed. People, he said, mostly know the world only indirectly, through “pictures they make up in their heads.” And they receive these mental pictures largely through the media. The problem, Lippmann argued, is that the pictures people have in their heads are hopelessly [...]
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The Telegraph had a grim story this week:
Food riots. Scores of panicked people protesting, burning effigies and chanting. Shops being ransacked, supplies running out as soon as they come in, and stricken communities stockpiling rice, bread and water for fear of going without. These have happened in Haiti and Egypt in recent months as the [...]
Freddy Hagen is an extraordinarily talented Danish photographer.
Recently he returned from a trip to the Middle East and has uploaded some slide shows.
One in particular is a must see, Cairo Megacity. It is a slide show with music and both the music and photographs are utterly beautiful.
His other slide shows are also superb. Don’t miss [...]
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
From the Observer:
Europe is considering plans to spend more than £5bn on a string of giant solar power stations along the Mediterranean desert shores of northern Africa and the Middle East.
More than a hundred of the generators, each fitted with thousands of huge mirrors, would generate electricity to be transmitted by undersea cable to Europe [...]
Monday, November 26, 2007
For those interested in carbon Neutrality and offsetting, here are a few links:
Carbon Neutral Digest - Tracking Carbon Neutral news and assessing various offerings.
Carbon Catalogue - catalogue of links and products
The CarbonNeutral Company
Carbon Clear
Climate Friendly (this one has country specific calculator)
Climate Care
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
From The Telegraph:
“The era of ‘peak gold’ has arrived.
Try as they might, miners cannot find enough ore at viable costs to replace their fast-depleting reserves, even if they dig miles into the centre of the earth.
‘There’s not much gold out there,’ said Gregory Wilkins, chief executive of top producer Barrick Gold.
‘Global mine supply is [...]
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The Hamilton Spectator asks is the horrible ‘new’ disease is real or not.
Does morgellons exist? Pressured by thousands of Americans who say they have the mystery disease, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this month it is organizing a committee to find out.
“In the absence of any objective review, people have jumped [...]
Take cover: the new goths are coming - Sunday Times - Times Online
ONE of Britain’s most senior military strategists has warned that western civilisation faces a threat on a par with the barbarian invasions that destroyed the Roman empire.
In an apocalyptic vision of security dangers, Rear Admiral Chris Parry said future migrations would be comparable [...]
From THE PARADIGM IS THE ENEMY: The State of the Peak Oil Movement at the Cusp of Collapse
As a matter of necessity, in the course of a turbulent and often very difficult life, I have developed a pretty warped sense of humor. As most police officers, nurses, ER doctors, paramedics, and military combat veterans know, [...]
From OilPoster.org
“Colorful and authoritative, this poster traces the history of the Oil Age from its beginnings in the hills of western Pennsylvania in 1859 to its rise as the engine of global industrial economies. The poster’s main chart features a year-by-year rendering of worldwide oil production from 1859 to 2050 with projections of future production [...]