Wednesday, April 8, 2009

BC: catch up 04-08-09

April 7th, 2009 5:22 pm
Thought experiment
Suppose you could produce gasoline for far less than you could today? Would that be good news or bad news? Wired has a story describing a process which purports to cut the cost of coal to liquid. And scientists say this is terrible news because it is bad for the environment.


April 7th, 2009 3:45 am
Strategic debt
“Pakistan urges ‘unconditional’ aid” according to Al-Jazeera, which apparently means a demand for little or no accounting of the monies given them because how can friends operate, except on “trust”.

April 6th, 2009 2:48 pm
Dystopia
This video makes an interesting point. But the punch line could have been better. It should have been …

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