Oil Has Peaked, but Where's the Data? Analyst Asks (Planet Ark: Tue, 13 Feb) LONDON - One of the leading exponents of the peak oil theory that reserves have gone beyond maximum production and entered irreversible decline urged the world's oil industry to build a data base to prove whether he is right.
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Drawing a blank on housing (Stuff: Tue, 13 Feb) Swathes of inner Christchurch are being transformed by the march of the modern townhouse. MATT PHILP looks at how the rash of high-density development might shape the city of the future.
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Lessons from Cuba (Vail Daily: Sun, 11 Feb) When Cuba lost over half of all its oil imports after the fall of the Soviet Union, experts predicted disaster, but the country soldiered on as farmers and urban gardeners, scientists and engineers banded together to find alternate solutions.
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Earth Year 2007: What can one person do? Invest in the future (Corvallis Gazette Times: Sun, 11 Feb) A story in the Feb. 2 Gazette-Times reported: "The world's leading climate scientists said global warming has begun, is 'very likely' caused by man, and will be unstoppable for centuries." This is not a surprise, global warming or climate chaos has been observed since the late 1800s.
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LA Horsepower (Hartford Advocate: Sat, 10 Feb) I don't make it to all of the auto shows, so I'm experiencing the just-concluded Greater Los Angeles Auto Show vicariously.
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Lawns to gardens: sow, don't mow "" Feb. 6, 2007 (Arcata Eye: Fri, 09 Feb) ARCATA "" Suzanne Simpson's arugula tastes spicy and green, despite Arcata's recent frosty nights. Simpson is an avid local gardener with an interest in food independence.
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