How Many Jobs Are Needed to Keep Up with Population Growth?Economic PopulistThe press quotes all sorts of figures for the number of monthly job gains needed to keep up with population growth. We see numbers like 80,000, 100,000, 125,000 and 175,000 thrown around like statistical snow as the number of jobs needed each month …See Continue Reading →
Energy White Paper SubmissionComments on the inadequate coverage of the risk of future oil shortages in the draft Energy White Paper The coverage of the real risks of future global oil shortages in the Energy White Paper is very seriously inadequate and displays a common but unfortunate tendency in Government and business to overlook or Continue Reading →
How best to respond to a growing populationThe GuardianEven those who are worried by population growth would accept that slowing down improvements in healthcare (to reduce longevity) or in childcare (to reduce fertility) would be cutting off our nose to spite our face. All the more important, many will say …See all stories on this Continue Reading →
Growth is a choice, not our destinyVancouver SunNow, most of this population growth is not coming in the developed world. Europe and Japan are actually shrinking in natural growth and the United States is barely holding its own. The less developed world is exploding both in numbers and in carbon use …See all stories on this topic Continue Reading →
Alert Name: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS August 12, 2012 Compiled: 1:26 AM The Secret to Solar Power By JEFF HIMMELMAN (NYT) The future of solar belongs to whoever can convince consumers that it’s not just for tree-huggers and rich people. More Articles On This Topic »
Evidence further suggests extra-terrestrial origin of quasicrystals Posted: 09 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT Results from an expedition to far eastern Russia that set out to find the origin of naturally occurring quasicrystals have provided convincing evidence that they arrived on Earth from outer space. Scientists reveal that new, naturally occurring quasicrystal samples have been found Continue Reading →