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Mining old cell phones is still lucrative
This reminds me of how we are starting to see the first commercial mining of garbage dumps in general, not just for cell phones... Does salvaging our existing industrial crust mean we are running out of new virgin raw materials? In any case, it's great to recycle and mimic nature.
www.emagazine.com/view/?4459
Green New Deal makes sense but unlikely
With Europe and the United States staring recession in the face, a growing chorus is calling for massive public investment in clean, green energy to revive economic growth while fighting climate change.
blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2008/11/18/green-...
'Pickens Plan' on hold till natural gas prices rise again
T. Boone Pickens told utility leaders yesterday that his plan to overhaul the nation's energy grid and build the world largest wind farm is on hold.
www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/artic...
World will struggle to meet oil demand: leaked report
"Output from the world’s oilfields is declining faster than previously thought, the first authoritative public study of the biggest fields shows. Without extra investment to raise production, the natural annual rate of output decline is 9.1 per cent..."
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5e78778-a53f-11dd-b4f5-00007...
Agriculture: Unsustainable Resource Depletion Began 10,000 Years Ago
"Humanity has probably been in overshoot of the Earth's carrying capacity since it abandoned hunter gathering in favor of crop cultivation (~ 8,000 BCE). The problem is that soil needs tightly woven natural ecosystems to properly recycle nutrients and prevent soil erosion..."
www.theoildrum.com/node/4628
Engineers vs. Mother Nature
Can we stop a hurricane if we tried?
www.plentymag.com/features/2008/09/hurricane_tam...
