TXU links roundup.
So, maybe you heard about this little buyout that’s been proposed? If not, here’s a smorgasbord o’ links so’s you and I both can come back and re-inform ourselves at any future point. From the Texas...
View ArticleA little something on Peak Oil.
My friend Tom asked me to write here about the phenomenon of “Peak Oil,” which reminded me how much I have to learn on the subject. For the moment, then, just a sketch. What is it? Peak Oil is the...
View ArticleMore on Peak Oil.
Following up from yesterday’s longer post on Peak Oil, I note that this story from the New York Times gives lots of detail on the rise in secondary and tertiary production at older oil fields in the...
View ArticleAndrew Donoho on Austin’s Resource Management Commission.
One of the many nifty people I met during SXSW Interactive was Andrew Donoho; we had a nice chat on the upstairs porch of Opal Divine’s during the Worldchanging happy hour. Last week Andrew posted an...
View ArticleJust a good, old-fashioned festival of links, is what it is.
What with it being Monday, and all, what say we just tidy up the links backlog, eh? –Start your week out right with this forward-looking cartoon from Wake Up Tiger: the field of opportunity is waiting...
View ArticleAn ethic of waste.
This week the Wall Street Journal ran an interesting interview with George David, the highly regarded chief executive of United Technologies Corporation. David is one of the all-stars of the corporate...
View ArticlePossibly interesting comments on gasoline prices.
On my professional blog, I wrote something that the folks here might find interesting. Note especially the couple of paragraphs of commentary at the very end. (Much) more on gas prices Worldviews will...
View ArticleThomas Friedman on “The Power of Green”
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman often frustrates me with his breathless pronouncements, but in this long article, published back in April, he offers more than enough cogent points to make up...
View ArticleUseful environmentally-oriented links of the day.
WorldChanging has conveniently grouped a wonderful list of environmental sites/blogs/organizations for us: A Map of Worldchanging’s Favorite Online Destinations In addition to that list, I’d also point...
View ArticleElizabeth Kolbert = excellent.
This time around, the New Yorker staff writer has a solid piece — not her very best work, but good — on the gigantic tar sand-mining operations of Alberta. Unhelpfully for the purposes of conveying the...
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