Last month, I wrote this post, laying out the global warming = Arctic geopolitical hot spot narrative. So it’s not exactly news to me that the latest batch of cables released by Wikileaks show, as the BBC reported, that nations are racing to “carve up” Arctic resources – oil, gas and even rubies – as…Continue Reading…
With great pithy I tried to caution people not to get so bubbly over the supposed wiki/peak oil revelations. I suppose if I can’t get my three year old to listen to me, why should anyone else? Fortunately, there is somebody much more learned and well-placed than me on the case. Maybe he’ll have better…Continue Reading…
There’s some fuel for peak oilers. An Oil Drum reader wisely reminds that context is necessary.
The WikiLeaks release of 250,000 diplomatic cables continues to discomfit many journalists. In his recent media column, David Carr writes that WikiLeaks does not share the same values or objectives [as a traditional news organization]. Mr. Assange and the site’s supporters see transparency as the ultimate objective, believing that sunshine and openness will deprive bad…Continue Reading…
No doubt readers of this blog are getting their fill of the big Wikileaks story elsewhere. But I can’t resist linking to this smart post by Stephen Budiansky, a writer I’ve been familiar with for a long time. He offers a measured perspective that is critical of both “excessive secrecy” by the U.S. government and…Continue Reading…