Archive for September, 2006

A Thousand Barrels A Second

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

The title of the book comes from the fact that almost almost one thousand barrels of oil are consumed per second.
The author discusses the history of energy and the cycles that energy sources go through before being replaced by a new energy source.
One of the interesting points that the author makes is that the hydrogen […]

Bowling Alone

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

No, this book isn’t about bowling. It’s about community, or rather the lack of it in America. The subtitle of the book is “The Collapse and Revival of American Community”, but, it is really more about the collapse of community (or as the author refers to it: “social capital”). The revival is […]