Monday 16 June 2008

Fool Supply



Widespread flooding in the US midwest leaves the harvest rotting in sodden fields; flooding in the uk threatens the survival of ground nesting birds; the EU complains that the US is dumping its subsidised Biofuels on European markets (subsidised agricultural dumping, moi?) and the absolute king of Saudi lands opts to crank the tap up a notch even though it's a financial (rather than supply) problem. Funny how we believe him when he claims limitless oil reserves, but not when he grasses the world's financial markets up on their profiteering.
So we can all get back to "normal" now, can we? Is there anybody anywhere who still thinks it's that simple?

Oh - and Solar power begins a break through on its way to "grid parity".

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/us/16midwest.html?hp

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-king-we-will-pump-more-oil-847830.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/13/biofuels.corporatesocialresponsibility

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/16/renewableenergy.energy

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