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Beyond the oil peak: biofuels
By Diogo Lemos Pereira on Sun, 5 Mar 2006, at 21:31 , in Books, Eco-sustainability
This book continues to enlighten me. The second chapter defines the concept of “Peak Oil”, the point at which world oil production will peak, and shows, by way of simple math, the impossibility of keeping up with our current oil consumption, aggravated by China’s current insatiable need for more and more oil. As a […]
Plan B 2.0
By Diogo Lemos Pereira on Wed, 1 Mar 2006, at 17:18 , in Books, Eco-sustainability
I’ve recently started diving into Plan B 2.0, a book by Lester R. Brown, president of the Eart Policy Institute, a “nonprofit, interdisciplinary research organization” based in Washington D.C. The title says it all: “Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble”. I have only covered the first chapter yet, which does […]
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