Josep Pla, El quadern gris, November 6 1918: Coromina and my brother–a chemistry student–get entangled in an endless discussion about science. Coromina attacks–to my great surprise–my brother’s rooted conviction of the absolute priority of science in any system of human knowledge. Like all anti-rationalists, Coromina creates beautiful, brilliant phrases: he says, for example, that the…
The bad news is that the UK is about to become a net importer of hydrocarbons; the good news, that we are now selling services to fascist regimes in Central Asia as well as colonising the lexicons of Middle Eastern analysts who, it seems, have stopped measuring oil supplies in barrels: The impact of the…
Job 1: While [the messenger to Job] was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. So what do you do then? Phone a certain gentleman…
All last year industry and sections of the PP were saying that there was no way that Spain could meet its Kyoto targets, currently being overshot by more than 100% as a result of the PP’s fine economic record (see below). Economics minister Rato was mugged by a bunch of industrialists in early December in…
Nom: Aleksandr Sergueevich Dzasokhov Ocupació: President de la República de Osetia del Nord i Alania Passatemps: Caminant a peu amb els seus amics. És excepcional: hi ha pocs polítics russos que no surten de i/o representen l’indústria energètica.
Toen ik in Londen werkte, nam ik af en toe een paar uurtjes vrij onder het smoesje van een vergadering met partners in Covent Garden. En dan kon ik mooi naar het National Gallery (nog steeds gratis) en Turner. En die kon nou echt een treintje schilderen.
Un nou article de Richard A Muller en la Technology Review del MIT és pessimista sobre la producció de l’hidrogen. Hi ha dues opcions funcionals: La reforma per vapor de gas natural. Això és el mètode més barat i més popular, però produeix residus substancials de CO2: CH4 + H2O => CO + 3H2CO +…
