After world food prices increased dramatically, the craze about ethanol as a solution to global warming finally subsided. Many started to blame ethanol production for high food prices (in the United States) and deforestation (in Brazil).
Their arguments tainted the messianic view of ethanol but shifted the political debate in current U.S. election from finding a solution to [...]
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The problem with energy independence
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Galbraith on Writing
Posted in Uncategorized on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From John Kenneth Galbraith’s article on writing
Additionally, and especially in the social sciences, much unclear writing is based on unclear or incomplete thought. It is possible with safety to be technically obscure about something you haven’t thought out. It is impossible to be wholly clear on something you do not understand. Clarity thus exposes flaws [...]
