Category: economy
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Will the American Rich Exhaust the Economy? (Vanity Fair)
From artIcle: An economy in which most citizens are doing worse year after year—an economy like America’s—is not likely to do well over the long haul.
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Bike Lanes on Northwest (Bellingham)
This was forwarded from Dan who organized the recent meeting at city hall: Good day, here’s a little update on what’s happening around getting bike lanes on Northwest Ave., Elm St. and Dupont St. and three simple things you can do to help make it happen. The short version of how you can help: Send…
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Computing in a Post Peak Oil World?
I’ve been paying some attention to the notions of community, local economy and self reliance in the face of rising gas prices. Oil shortages and actually, any resource shortage, can also affect how we use computers. High energy prices makes computing more precious. Lack of resources to construct platic, rare earths for constructing magnetic componentry,…
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Inverviews on Peak Oil
Below is a 20 minute video featuring interviews with Noam Champsky and Bill Mckibben and others on why the US seems legally bound and why CEOs may be too frightened to honestly confront peak oil and climate change.
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Women’s Domestic Freedom…from Cars
This article by Elly Blue describes a confused world full of sexism, angry drivers and confused cyclists. I often forget about the strong sports and athletic emphasis in the cycling world–mostly because I don’t really pay attention to the sports side of it. Women are still touted as sex objects in the cycling world. Sports seems to cloud…
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Expect $5 gas in 2012 (Salon.com)
Former oil executive: Expect $5 gas in 2012 – Trending – Salon.com. And expect the fight for “gas tax” to be contentious. Too bad lobbyists buy our politicians to make them profit from a unsustainable system of transportation. Prices like these begin to reflect the real cost of petrol to the consumer — long shrowded…
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