Winslow T. Wheeler, The Elites and the Pentagon Budget
Kevin Carson discusses an emerging low-overhead industrial revolution (mp3)
Peak Oil:
5% health: The risk of catabolic collapse and peak fat in modern health systems
by John Thackara (EB)
Not all leftists accept peak oil: Alexander Cockburn, Goodbye “Peak Oil” Hello Glut. He writes:
I’ve never had much time for “peak oil” (the notion held with religious conviction by many on the left here, that world oil production either has or is about to top out – and will soon slide, plunging the world’s energy economies into disarray and traumatic change.) In fact there’s plenty of oil, as witness the vast new North Dakota oil shale fields, with the constraints as always being the costs of recovery. Oil “shortages” are contrivances by the oil companies and allied brokers and middlemen to run up the price.
Except that taken too far, would this not result in even greater demand destruction, which would result in less extraction of oil from expensive sources? I don't know if anyone will be responding to Mr. Cockburn.
The Coming Decline and Fall of Big Coal
The Oz Conservative links to commentary on the decision by the Australian government to open combat positions to women: Sheridan's surprise.
Music:
Hitfix: Listen: Susan Boyle sings sparse version of Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy the Silence'
Feist: A Pop Star With A Punk-Rock Past
TV:
Want Good TV? Try These Three Shows by David Bianculli (Dexter and Homeland and Ken Burns's latest)
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