August 4, 2008

• A Resource Based Economy

  Whilst the Group of Eight and the World Trade Organization chatter away to little effect, and Bill Gates ponders how to tweak capitalism so that the "one billion people live on less than a dollar a day" can benefit from it, you may be wondering if there isn't a better way to organize society. (…)

July 17, 2008

• Pope Benedict Urges Catholics to Fight Climate Change

  Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Australia on Sunday after a flight from the Vatican that lasted over 20 hours. (…)

July 16, 2008

• A Very Rough Guide to Energy Efficiency

  This weeks European edition of Fortune Magazine contains interesting articles on the "Solar Gold Rush" in the Southwestern United States and the chequered history of the Tesla electric supercar. (…)

July 15, 2008

• Bush Pushes Oil Rigs off California - Arnie Disagrees.

  Yesterday afternoon United States President George W. Bush lifted the executive ban on drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf, which was signed by the first President Bush in 1990. (…)

July 12, 2008

• The Hokkaido G8 Summit - More Word Games

  This week's issue of the Economist magazine contains their verdict on the G8 summit in Japan - They came, they jawed, they failed to conquer. (…)