High Speed Rail in the USA
America loves the car. This is not news to anyone over 16 with a drivers license. But is the car the best way to move people in the USA especially either within urban areas or between urban areas.Much of the … Continued
America loves the car. This is not news to anyone over 16 with a drivers license. But is the car the best way to move people in the USA especially either within urban areas or between urban areas.Much of the … Continued
It is said that borders don’t matter to the atmosphere—all nations have to work together to tackle the problem of climate change. But the forces that seek to block that effort likewise know no national boundaries. They’re rallying coal miners … Continued
It’s a small world but it’s also a gigantic world when all the possible opinions of the many governments and people out there is considered. The upcoming Climate Change conferences in Copenhagen Denmark will attempt to extend and improve agreements … Continued
Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution … Continued
Continuation of the Economist article on falling Fertility rates The link between wealth and fertility does not explain everything. In some countries, poor women have the same number of children as rich ones. This suggests that other factors are at … Continued
Early streetlights relied on a flickering flame, while later versions got a bulb and electric-power lines. Now a new streetlight is poised to rule the road, one that taps the sun’s energy by day and turns it into a bright … Continued
We have always been vigilant in our belief that one of the largest causes of high pollution, high raw material use, high oil and gas price, high consumption, etc is overpopulation. We feel the replacement family number of 2 kids … Continued
This article points to 2 important points in the book SuperFreakonomics(follow up to the book Freakonomics) by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner that climate change gurus should consider although the majority of the book, “manage(s) to downplay the global warming … Continued
PARIS — Just as Le Corbusier’s white cruciform towers once excited visions of the industrial-age city of the future, so Vélib’, Paris’s bicycle rental system, inspired a new urban ethos for the era of climate change. Residents here can rent … Continued
When U.S. negotiators show up in Copenhagen next month to work on a deal to tackle global warming, they probably won’t have in their pockets what they most wanted: a law enacted by Washington committing the country to carbon pollution … Continued