Tag: fossil fuels
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Economics Links
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1. Carpe Diem: 5 Reasons Why 2013 Was The Best Year In Human History Fewer people are dying young, and more are living longer. … Global economic growth in the past five decades has dramatically reduced poverty and made people around the world happier. … War is becoming rarer and less deadly. … Rates of…
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Science and Technology Links
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in Africa, China, Evolution, Health and Medicine, Links – Science and Technology, Science, Technology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Technology (Transportation & Distribution), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social1. Scientific American: Scientific American's Top 10 Science Stories of 2013 A carbon threshold breached, commitments to brain science made, mystery neutrinos found and human evolution revised—these and other events highlight the year in science and technology as picked by the editors of Scientific American 2. Reuters: "Peak farmland" is here, crop area to diminish:…
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Saturday Links
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in Business, Central America, China, Demography, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Food and Drink, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Saturday, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social1. More deaths than births among whites Last year, more people who are white and not Hispanic died than were born, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. That group is still the USA’s largest but its share of the total has been shrinking for years. 2. Human Population Growth Creeps Back Up Earth's human population is…