Some things I'm thinking about

Jan 03, 2008 15:38

The end of cheap food, December 6th, 2007

Food Prices, December 6th, 2007

So ethanol is not a solution. Solar power, however...

"the first solar manufacturer capable of profitably selling solar panels at as little as $.99/Watt"
Nano Solar Ships First Panels, December 18, 2007

and a different way to go about it...

Venture stores solar power with molten salt, January 2, 2008

There are economics to consider, but our sense of what is economically fair might be deeply primal.

Monkeys show affinity for tough union tactics

The desire to have children is also strong, but was religious faith stronger?

Can Atheists Be Parents?, Dec. 07, 1970

Might also have unseen economic consequences in a global market.

Outsourcing pregnancy to India, Dec. 31, 2007

Particularly if the movement of people is restricted, but not the movement of money.



"the growing number of illegal Irish immigrants living in the United States -estimated between 50,000 and 150,000, with half in the New York area"
For Illegal Irish Immigrants, A Time to Test That Luck, March 17, 1989

"Mainly, though, they marvel at the bipartisan muscle and positive spin the illegal Irish can still muster, even as their numbers dwindle to perhaps 25,000 to 50,000 across the country - those left behind by a tide of return migration to a now-prosperous Ireland."
An Irish Face on the Cause of Citizenship, March 16, 2006

"To support a special deal that would single out illegal Irish immigrants for preferential treatment would be morally wrong, could harm the U.S.-Ireland relationship, damage the high regard in which Irish-Americans are held, and lead to a divisive debate in the U.S. between the Hispanic community and the Irish-American community," the president of the U.S.-Ireland Alliance, Trina Vargo, wrote recently in the Irish Times.
Ireland Seeks a Peace Over Immigration, December 19, 2007


solar power, news, outsourcing, food, immigration

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