tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post2901452539568067640..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Test tube hamburgers, and other storiesbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-56988911414188579412012-08-21T18:20:37.615+01:002012-08-21T18:20:37.615+01:00Stephen Leahy: Land grabbing could be bigger than ...Stephen Leahy: <a href="http://stephenleahy.net/2012/05/17/wealthy-countries-and-investors-buying-up-farmland-in-poor-countries/" rel="nofollow">Land grabbing</a> could be bigger than the report I mentioned, since it doesn't include all the private land deals.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-13476754388165727882012-08-21T17:34:17.051+01:002012-08-21T17:34:17.051+01:00TAE: Chinese hard landing? Recent economic data ou...TAE: <a href="http://theautomaticearth.com/Finance/the-chinese-data-speaks-for-itself.html" rel="nofollow">Chinese hard landing?</a> Recent economic data out of China.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-87689971573896639812012-08-08T19:42:47.857+01:002012-08-08T19:42:47.857+01:00PCI: Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21stC? A...PCI: <a href="http://www.postcarbon.org/report/331901-will-natural-gas-fuel-america-in" rel="nofollow">Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21stC?</a> A report critical of gas as a "bridge fuel".byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-15379941515215685652012-08-07T18:20:09.824+01:002012-08-07T18:20:09.824+01:00Guardian: Hillary Clinton's Africa speech was ...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/aug/07/hillary-clinton-speech-africa-deluded" rel="nofollow">Hillary Clinton's Africa speech was deluded</a>. Warning of amoral developers coming to steal African resources at this point sounds less like a barely-coded insult to China and more like a prophetic piece of self-criticism decades too late.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-41954910551980219042012-07-25T21:38:19.830+01:002012-07-25T21:38:19.830+01:00Fracking - The sky is pink. A follow-up 20 min vid...Fracking - <a href="http://vimeo.com/44367635" rel="nofollow">The sky is pink</a>. A follow-up 20 min video from the maker of <i>Gasland</i>, comparing the gas industry response to that of the tobacco industry when confronted with growing evidence of health problems.<br /><br /><a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/gasland-filmmaker-takes-on-cuomo-and-dot-earth/?src=recg" rel="byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-39103301223059671342012-07-18T00:28:50.872+01:002012-07-18T00:28:50.872+01:00China: Ghost towns, a massive property bubble? Not...China: <a href="http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2012/07/ghosts-that-haunt-chinas-economic.html" rel="nofollow">Ghost towns</a>, a massive property bubble? <a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/busting-the-myth-of-chinas-property-bubble-5961" rel="nofollow">Not everyone agrees</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-63646250349822953052012-07-11T11:31:46.501+01:002012-07-11T11:31:46.501+01:00The Conversation: How do we determine whether a sp...The Conversation: <a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/silent-declines-recognising-unlisted-endangered-species-8144" rel="nofollow">How do we determine whether a species is endangered?</a> And might we be missing many of them due to faulty criteria?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com