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Admirals, Generals Worried About Climate Change

Brian Hicks
Posted April 19, 2007

A top panel of eleven retired admirals and generals from all branches of the military released a report on Monday entitled "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change," which was...

Across the Pond for Ten Pounds

Brian Hicks
Posted April 18, 2007

No matter how many foreign films you watch or how many hip bistros you eat at, there is no substitute for traveling abroad. Now, with recent breakthroughs in aviation liberalization, low-cost and...

Lithium-Ion Batteries Lead the Charge

Brian Hicks
Posted April 17, 2007

In automotive boardrooms from Tokyo to Detroit the race is not only on, its as heated as ever. This time, though, it has less to do with sexy styling and more with something considerably...

Perched Precariously on a Precipice

Brian Hicks
Posted April 16, 2007

The dollar is no longer responding to traditional stimulants. Last week, despite the apparently "hawkish" tone in the recently released Fed minutes and trade deficit figures that were slightly less...

The Death of Conventional Oil

Keith Kohl
Posted April 16, 2007

Remember the good old days when oil was $50 a barrel? I know that was only a few months ago--but just wait a few years from now when you're wishing the price for a barrel of sweet crude was below...

Fiercer Than the Race for Oil or Natural Gas

Brian Hicks
Posted April 12, 2007

I have to admit something--I don't know much about nuclear physics. You might not either, but I bet you know what a mushroom cloud looks like. Unfortunately, a filmstrip's worth of familiarity with...

Silent Spring

Brian Hicks
Posted April 12, 2007

Despite the incoherent tweets of a few remaining housing bulls, the much-anticipated spring selling season has largely come and gone without so much as a peep. The only noise left, it seems, is the...

China: Capitalism with an Asterisk

Brian Hicks
Posted April 11, 2007

As my host drove me through the western Chinese city of Xining, he smiled kindly. "Here you can really see socialism," he told me, contrasting this smallish provincial capital with the mega-cities...

Future Watch: Reasons for Optimism

Brian Hicks
Posted April 10, 2007

The future is going to be a very scary place. It'll be dark, grim and even foreboding. At least thats the story in a piece published in The Guardian yesterday. There will be information chips...

Soothing "Gas OPEC" Fears in Doha

Keith Kohl
Posted April 9, 2007

During the next two days, leading natural gas countries are meeting in Doha, Qatar. These countries control roughly 70% of the world's natural gas reserves. But the Gas Exporting Countries Forum...

Brits Continue March to Orwell's Vision

Brian Hicks
Posted April 5, 2007

The dark world envisioned by George Orwell took another small step forward yesterday in his merry old English home. And while it's not quite as terrifying as a trip to Room 101 in the Ministry of...

U.S. Government Admits Peak Oil Threat