Why off-shore drilling isn’t worth it

The oil slick off the Louisiana cost is still expanding and is now approaching coastal marshes. The Coast Guard is now going to try to set fire to the slick in the hopes of dissipating the oil. Some commentators have (jokingly?) suggested that the US should simply nuke the slick and move on, like the [...]

Thursday, May 6, 2010 | 17:25
Filed under: Current Events, Energy/Environment, Politics/Society by Dries
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Carter & his Church

First things first: I uploaded 56 pictures of our Eurotrip to Flickr. You can check them out here. In other news: after 60 years, Jimmy Carter has left the Southern Baptist Church over its “subjugation of women”. Quoth Carter: At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of men [...]

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | 13:06
Filed under: Current Events, Politics/Society by Dries
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