Archive for January, 2008

Candidate Drought

I don’t think I’m the only one who looks at the entire slate of presidential candidates, on both sides, from one end to the other, and feels depressed. Is this really the best we, as a society, can do?
Our system of restricting, de facto, the debate and the options to two parties and two sets […]

Consumption

January 2, 2008
You may, or may not, know that I’ve been very interested in the subject of the planet’s consumption of resources — oil in particular, but also clean water and the ability to produce enough food. I’ve read enormous amounts of material on the subject of peak oil. It’s a topic that’s barely visible […]