rather than look at the unprecedented Chinese demand for oil or Mideast instability as the cause of current high gas prices, this article details how the remaining global oil sources (tar sands, arctic, deepwater) are much more expensive to extract.

artificial photosynthesis may have happened? A little cloudy but fascinating. (via @ajayfry)

"the land area dedicated to renewable energy (”Renewistan”) would occupy a space about the size of Australia to keep the carbon dioxide level at 450 ppm." But we'd have to get it lower than that, and also cut our consumption drastically. Unless we can do this, we unfortunately need nuclear power.

Doug Saunders on why nuclear power is still vital despite the disaster in Japan. Good point: Germany's massive wind power plans rely on nuclear.

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