Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Biofuels are prime cause of food crisis, says leaked report
Read my lips: To say that biofuels cause food prices to increase is either stupid, misleading or both. First-generation biofuels cause food prices to increase, because first-generation biofuels are made from food plants. Duh. Some companies thought it was opportune to make a quick buck selling [...]
Posted in Business & Economy, Society & Politics on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Manna from hedge fund for Christian site
Don’t look at me. It was only a question of time.
Posted in Society & Politics on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Feds to require visitors fingerprints when they leave US
So, it’s not entirely clear from the article whether or not they want to collect biometrics on US citizens travelling internationally as well as on foreign visitors who are leaving the country.
In any event, this keeps us right on track towards eventually monitoring all the movements of [...]
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Revolutionary’ Carbon Dioxide Maps Zoom In On Greenhouse Gas Sources
Evidence-based policy at its finest.
Well, maybe only the evidence part. We’ll see if policy is ever affected, won’t we.
Posted in Matter & Energy, Society & Politics on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cosmic Clean-Up: Wild Ideas to Sweep Space
Trillions upon trillions of dollars spent on space programs, and nobody thought about cleaning up after themselves?
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Government Reports Warn Planners on Sea-Rise Threat to U.S. Coasts
Umm, has anybody told the President yet?
Posted in Biology & Medicine, Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Boston Bans Trans Fats
What an interesting concept. With a precedent like this, city governments could ban all kinds of things, couldn’t they. Automobile emissions, for example.
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thirsty Hybrid And Electric Cars Could Triple Demands On Scarce Water Resources
Oh, gee. Well, we’d better just stick to fossil fuels, then.
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US corn biofuels will expand Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’: scientists
Can anybody say organic ethanol? Or does that only work for broccoli?
