(This post is by my colleague Heading Out over at The Oil Drum. HO does a great job with this post demonstrating to the layperson the problems we face with petroleum recovery in this era of peak oil. The lesson here is that this problem is occurring with many of the older large wells, and […]
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Playoff Punditry
After their team won two games at home to open the NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio fans were ready to proclaim the Spurs the ultimate force in professional basketball. Manu Ginobili, the Spurs’ dynamic shooting guard, was a superstar for the ages. Comparisons to Michael Jordan got tossed around for the first […]
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The Evolutionary Advantages of Nearsightedness
What is the evolutionary purpose for myopia? I forget where I heard the question raised recently, but it may well have been on the Al Franken show during a discussion of intelligent design. Economics is my day job, and I think that it offers insight into this biological riddle. So please indulge me while I […]
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In Sum, PO in a Nutshell
If you didn’t catch it, read my intro post below. There’s also some links in there to primers, etc. This post, however, will be an attempt to sum up a pretty complex topic. Hubbert’s Peak is reached when demand for oil exceeds production and supply. Let’s be clear, peak oil is not about running out […]
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Do Kick the Elephant
I’m The Jew. Thanks Ezra. Yada yada yada. Neil is absolutely correct when he says Remember that when Republicans try to define the Democrats, they won’t ever bring up the centrist’s moderate, conciliatory remark distancing himself from the radical. They’ll bring up the radical’s remark that fearful centrists pushed beyond the pale and didn’t bother […]
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The misinformation campaign about Canadian healthcare
Hi, this is Matthew Holt from The Health Care Blog, and I’ll be writing a few articles about health care, (which may be somewhat crossposted from my blog) and taking the odd rare opportunity to rant about other subjects of my choosing here too. I will (as instructed by Ezra) be writing later in the […]
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Everything We Thought We Knew About the War Was Wrong
(So, I’ve been requested to being everyone up to speed on the Downing Street Memos. Well, here goes…) Since 9/11, President Bush has positioned himself as the best, if not only person, with the wherewithal to protect America from terrorists. He has used the nebulous “War on Terror” to justify everything from the encroachment on […]
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Notwithstanding
Hi everybody–I’m Scott from Lawyers, Guns & Money. Many thanks to Ezra for allowing me to post at his terrific blog, and to have included me in such a distinguished group of writers. I thought I would make a few extremely wonky posts about democracy and judicial power, while relying on the other fine guest […]
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Addiction to a Way of Life
Thanks to Ezra for giving The Oil Drum a voice on this forum. My colleagues and I are going to be posting on what we, our involved community over at TOD, a growing community of bloggers, and a growing number of experts in many related fields, believe to be the pressing problem of our generation: […]
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The Durbin Distraction
So Bill Frist wants an apology from his Senate colleague, Dick Durbin of Illinois, for remarks that supposedly equated the U.S. detention facility for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with Nazi and Soviet death camps. It’s a particularly timely word that Frist invokes. So let’s consider the question in a larger context. On June […]