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                Get Shareaholic Dr. Peter Gleick Sometime, about one year from now, the front pages of whatever decent newspapers are left will carry a headline like the one above, announcing that for the … Continue reading

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                Get Shareaholic Jeremy Grantham’s latest quarterly thought piece is out. It’s terrific reading as usual. “Our global economy, reckless in its use of all resources and natural systems, shows many of the … Continue reading

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                Get Shareaholic Youtube link:  http://youtu.be/K8EN8Q7f8EI Why-we-do-it from Anric Blatt on Vimeo. What kind of legacy are we choosing to leave our children and grandchildren ? If we unbalance nature, humankind will suffer. … Continue reading

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                Get Shareaholic The World Economic Forum Global Risks 2013 – Eight Edition ranks water supply crisis as #4 in terms of likelyhood and #2 in terms of impact Download the report by … Continue reading

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This month, a hundred years after the completion of the Panama Canal, China is expected to finish the first phase of its gigantic South-North Water Transfer Project, known in Chinese as Nanshui beidiao gongcheng— literally, “to divert southern water north.” The phrase evokes the suggestion, attributed to Mao, that “since the south has a great deal of water, and the north very little, we should borrow some of it.” Continue reading

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The Outlook for Energy is ExxonMobil’s long-term view of our shared energy future. They develop the Outlook annually to assess future trends in energy supply, demand and technology to help guide the long-term investments.

This year’s Outlook reveals a number of key findings about how we use energy, how much we will need in the future and what types of fuels will meet demand. Continue reading

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                Get Shareaholic Nearly 1.5 million natural gas vehicles on the road could replace the equivalent of 840,000 bpd of oil by 2030 – all part of a plan to increase gas use … Continue reading

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                Get Shareaholic Imagine a large body of water – about the size of the Dead Sea – simply disappearing. It sounds like a science fiction movie. But it’s not. It’s happening in … Continue reading

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                Get Shareaholic Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated 2 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap that will likely widen … Continue reading

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                Get Shareaholic To the Attendees at Dick Strong’s January Symposium in Vail Here are some of the lessons I have learned in my first 80 years. I hope to continue to practice … Continue reading

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