Off-Topic in a Big Way: Changes in the Associated Press Stylebook
When I was told that the writing services I was performing for my client American Diversified Energy needed to conform to their stylebook, I was somewhat shocked. Who has their own? ADE is a very professional organization, and they certainly have the right to do whatever they want in this regard, but this isn’t the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, right? The Associated Press Stylebook is the default for U.S. publications, and it actually never dawned on me that someone would direct me otherwise. (more…)
There is a reason that “reduce” comes first here, i.e., if you don’t use something in the first place, you don’t have to worry about what happens to it downstream.
From former Labor Secretary Robert Reich:
Most of us probably have a lower assessment of humankind now than we did a few years ago.
I’m fairly certain that the meme on the left here was not written as a joke, but I sure got a chuckle out of it.
As reported by 
Here’s a fabulous video in which the presenter offers a crash course on the particle physics associated with nuclear energy. Once this is under our belts, we’re in a position to understand the value of thorium, and essential design of the 
The word on the street for the past couple of years has been that Saudi Arabia is continuing to sell oil on the world market, but moving to renewable energy, largely solar, for its own use domestically. But when they cancelled the largest renewables project ever announced, $200 billion worth of solar panels stretching across hundreds of square kilometres of the Saudi Arabian desert, people started wondering how sincere all this really is. 
Amazon and sustainability. These two words have always felt odd beside each other — and they still do. There is only one reason why Amazon.com encourages people to ship bottled water and single servings of Cup-O-Noodle halfway across the country: Because the needs of capital win out over the needs of the environment every time. 
Question: It took 40 years for the count of solar PV installations to reach one million. How many additional years were required to hit two million?
