Water storage could help during droughts and floods, and ….
Road to Serfdom: “right-wing crank” becomes best-seller
John Cassidy’s “How Markets Fail” explains how and why Hayek and his fellow free market advocates were cranks
Was the market undone by growth itself?
If the push for economic growth contributes to another crash, we may decide that we’re better off without it
Bottled water for a few people uses more energy than tap water for everyone else
Making plastic bottles, and transporting the filled bottles around, is a huge energy hog, according to a recent study
Post Carbon Reader – book chapters free online
From a new book on “managing the 21st century’s sustainability crises”, edited by Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch
In striving for the simple life, how far should we go?
Life among the Amish or the “Minimites” can help us all figure out when technology has gone too far
Current wetlands restoration may backfire
Letting river water run its course to restore wetlands could actually make them more vulnerable.
Kicking the oil subsidies habit
We’re “addicted to oil,” as George W. Bush put it—but oil companies, it seems, are addicted to oil subsidies
The Black Swan in everyday life
Betting against others’ ignorance can profit in the financial world, but what about in the brick-and-mortar world?
Cutting soot could buy the world time on slashing emissions
Tackling soot is a short-term measure that could help us out in the long run
