 Charcoal - fuel or fertiliser?
(Trinidad Express: Mon, 13 Aug) I received an e-mail comment from a reader in Tasmania on my article, "Peak Oil - expensive food" (Express, July 30), pointing to the research on "agrichar" or "biochar". The reader was responding to my view that in T&T we have to seek an agricultural system that is less dependent on fossil fuels.
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 Wolf In Intelligent Clothing: 'Skinning Politics'
(Addict 3D: Sun, 12 Aug) Ian Bogost has an interesting little post up on his Water Cooler Games about 'skinning games' - wrapping a pretty standard game mechanic in a fresh new wrapping, in this case wrapping standard-issue combat games in the covering of a serious political topic , an oil crisis 20 years in the future.
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 Seattle Movie Events
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Thu, 09 Aug) "The Mambo Kings," Jacques Tati, "Little Miss Sunshine" and more.
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 Plan is on hold for auto-bike shared lanes
(The Milpitas Post: Wed, 08 Aug) A recommendation to install passenger loading zones on Escuela Parkway was pulled from the Milpitas City Council agenda Tuesday night. The council directed staff to further research the proposal.
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 Tar and feathers for Gingrich
(Aspen Daily News: Tue, 07 Aug) Newt Gingrich for president? The country could then claim a succession of two of the greatest fools in its political history.
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Towns prepare for 'peak oil' point
Why 'peak oil' may soon pique your interest
Don't bogart that spotted owl
