online archive
3:00PM
DEC 21 2007
10 craziest ways to hack the Earth
From The Economist, a look at how energy pleas ignore an important bit of economics. A review of The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea by Steve LeVine. A last major field goes online — but how long will Siberia's gas last? An article on the Malthusian energy-trap, old Europe, and new China: The world's energy crisis may lead China to save as well as shake the world. Theories abound over how best to help China embrace emissions-reducing policies, but can the emerging superpower fast-forward through the most carbon-intense phase of nation building? From Scientific American, a solar grand plan by 2050: Solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions. From Technology Review, better biofuels are years away from the gas tank — but do we really have any alternative? Was Bali a success? Open Democracy writers and environmental specialists offer a first draft of history on the Bali deal, and who gains from global warming? Kenneth Arrow on the case for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. "Economic prediction" is an oxymoron: If we should make no attempt to blunt global warming, then Gristmill is the equivalent of a theological forum on angelology. From Communalism, Peter Staudenmaier on Anthroposophy and ecofascism. A review of Earthy Realism: The Meaning of Gaia by Mary Midgley. The year's 10 craziest ways to hack the Earth: An article on the most radical geo-engineering ideas yet.
