Random Links IX
Growth via Energy Conservation:
http://peakoildebunked.blogspot.com/2009/02/394-conservation-stimulates-economy.html
Tradeable Oil Rationing:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114946588448771080.html
I wonder if we could apply a similar system to oil tariffs. Methinks it might be even easier to do, since there’d be fewer buyers & sellers to deal with, which would presumably make enforcement easier.
Eyes & London CCTV: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/opinion/03Judson.html
Breastfeeding & Contraception: http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-if-breastfeeding-kills-serge.html
Considering the popularity of breastfeeding among many orthodox Catholics, it would be very ironic if breastfeeding did indeed turn out to suppress fertility via the same mechanism as some contraceptives (i.e., by preventing implantation).
Exercise Drug: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/hhmi-rid072808.php
Nudges & libertarian paternalism: http://www.volokh.com/posts/chain_1208524389.shtml
(No, that’s not an oxymoron; I actually find the idea quite interesting.)
Chain Gun of the Future: http://tinyurl.com/5srhl8
China & Africa:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3319909.ece
Contraception & Society:
Con: http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=6262
Pro: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/magazine/07contraception.html
Water Megaprojects: http://waterwars.wordpress.com/2006/12/02/a-brief-history-of-the-great-recycling-and-northern-development-grand-canal-project/
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2008/01/kennedy-to-cana.html
I occasionally think about these whenever I read about actual or impending water shortages in parts of the US.
The nature of glass: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29glass.html
Novel Maritime Propulsion: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/37596
Wonder if this may have military applications….
Chinese growth & the world food supply: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/uol-ioc012109.php
Good thing the Export Administration Act (*) is still on the books. One day we might need to restrict food exports IOT stave off domestic food inflation.
(*) See 50 USC app. 2401 et seq, and particularly sec. 2402(2)(C) and 2405.
Parenting studies: http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i20/20b00501.htm
Maybe the next generation isn’t quite screwed.
Nature v Nurture: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/magazine/11Genome-t.html
“Juno” in Real Life: http://aleksandreia.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/we-watched-the-movie-juno-tonight/
Marines Anonymous: http://www.clubavalanche.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5134&
Evaluating geoengineering proposals: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16495-most-effective-climate-engineering-solutions-revealed.html
(It’s interesting how geoengineering – i.e., reversing global warming not by cutting greenhouse emissions, but by actively engineering the world’s climate – has gone from fringe to mainstream over the last few years.)
Simple House:
Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011602401.html
Clark/Laura Chat Transcript: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/01/21/DI2009012102496_pf.html
(For those who don’t know, Clark Massey’s an acquaintance of mine. I’m told this article, while wrong on a couple of details, is generally on the mark.)
