A question of months rather than if?
There are two main topics that fit this title:
- irreversible climate change
- peak oil
First things first (no pun intended - after all #2 will hopefully happen before #1): Renowned NASA scientist James Hansen (NASA page, Columbia University page) recently published a paper claiming that the Earth’s Climate is Approaching ‘Dangerous’ Point. Very interesting reading. (Why am I sitting here not doing anything?!)
There’s a stunning interview with Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency in the French newspaper Le Monde (article). Fatih Birol essentially states that peak oil is happening in the next few months. (interesting English translation & discussion)
First time use of Google Trends - and i’m not disappointed. Google seems to have managed it once again! Quantitative comparison between articles mentioning peak oil or oil production. Of course that’s not a meaninful comparison…