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    Save Rotuma from fossil fuel dependency - by frog



    I have become used to daily reports in the press about fuel shortages all around the world. Asia in particular is suffering from acute diesel shortages in part because their electricity systems are inadequate and everyone is relying on generators to do business. This article, however, made me cringe. It seems the tiny Pacific island [...] read more
    July 24, 2008 9:14 am - 8 Comments
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    A not so great G8 - by frog



    The G8 is meeting again, this time in Japan, and deciding what it wants to see happening in the world over the next few months.  As a concept the G8 always irritates me irrationally.  It’s kind of like the school yard bullies getting together and deciding a school’s lunch distribution policy.  Yes, they might have [...] read more
    July 7, 2008 4:49 pm - 4 Comments
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    UNESCO calls for a paradigm change away from fossil fuels - by frog



    Now where could I have heard this before? Jamey Keaten from the Associated Press has written an interesting article about the 3 year report from UNESCO: “The status quo today is no longer an option,” Guilhem Calvo, an adviser with UNESCO’s ecological and earth sciences division, told a news conference at the release of the [...] read more
    April 18, 2008 9:25 am - 6 Comments