Gil Friend’s Blog
Brain core meltdowns
[WorldChanging]: Joel Makower comments on Nuclear Now! How clean, green atomic energy can stop global warming by Peter Schwartz and Spencer Reiss. Many comments there (amazing how nuclear gets the blood boiling), including mine: 1. '...if you don't count the high...
‘None for me, thanks’
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's lead story last Wednesday included this observation from Richard Clarke: 'Given their record in the security area, I don't know why anybody would buy from them,' the former White House cybersecurity and counterterrorism adviser said...
‘10,000 Kites’ over the ‘Green Line’
10,000 Kites offers a fresh, visual, collaborative approach to Israeli-Palestinian relations. (I like this even more than I like Christo's Gates, and I like that/those/it alot!) Imagine 10,000 kites flying for peace on both sides of the 500-kilometer long barrier that...
Kyoto perspectives
A fascinating juxtaposition of worldviews in yesterday's SF Chronicle (New Global Warming Evidence Presented): 'We were stunned by the similarities between the observations that have been recorded at sea worldwide and the models that climatologists made,' said Tim...
Random rules of thumb
[43Folders]: A bunch of 'rules of thumb,' via Google, natch.... The best rule of thumb I always remember is from a book of the same name that's probably out of print. I think of it every time I skulk around the house acting like a dissatisfied crank: If you don't know...
China replacing US as world’s leading consumer
CHINA REPLACING THE UNITED STATES AS WORLD'S LEADING CONSUMER [Earth Policy Institute]: Although the United States has long consumed the lion's share of the world's resources, this situation is changing fast as the Chinese economy surges ahead, overtaking the United...
RIP, MicroSoft?
Silicon Insider: R.I.P. Microsoft?. After Dominating the Technology Industry for Years, is Microsoft Poised to Collapse? [bBlog: The sales, marketing and business weblog | XPLANE] The story's ostensibly about MicroSoft, but its broader than that; it's also about...
Tilting at Windmills
Tilting at Windmills. Local environmentalism is undermining one of our best options for slowing global warming. By Bill McKibben. [NYT > Opinion] In the best of all possible worlds, we'd do without them. But it's not the best of all possible worlds. Right now, the...
Mixed feelings about Kyoto
Mixed Feelings as Kyoto Pact Takes Effect. The Kyoto Protocol, which requires 35 nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, takes effect on Wednesday amid worries about its fairness. By MARK LANDLER. [NYT > Science]