Archive for May, 2009

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In his Pulitzer Prize–winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, geographer Diamond laid out a grand view of the organic roots of human civilizations in flora, fauna, climate and geology. That vision takes on apocalyptic overtones in this fascinating comparative study of societies that have, sometimes fatally, undermined their own ecological...
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Lately I am bothering myself thinking about two ideas – one is called “peak oil,” the other concerns microwave ovens and firewood. When you’re down, it’s down, and when it’s up, you’re up. I’ve yet to read or hear an explanation of peak oil I can understand or believe. Like you perhaps, I’ve heard that demand...
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