Comments on: Wednesday Night #1326 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/ Where the world comes together Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:37:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Wednesday-Night - » Wednesday Night #1346 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/#comment-1013 Wednesday-Night - » Wednesday Night #1346 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:02:12 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/#comment-1013 [...] wind. The law of unintended consequences as it applies to biofuels has been discussed frequently here  and elsewhere  including a recent OECD report,  using grain for fuel or arable land for [...] […] wind. The law of unintended consequences as it applies to biofuels has been discussed frequently here  and elsewhere  including a recent OECD report,  using grain for fuel or arable land for […]

]]> By: Diana Thébaud Nicholson http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/#comment-124 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:14:27 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/#comment-124 "<a href="http://www.cbd.int/forums/biofuel/thread.shtml?threadid=83" rel="nofollow"><strong>Biofuels</strong> do pose severe risks to the environment if managed carelessly</a>, but they also have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas levels, produce local sources of energy, and restore rural economies. Biofuels will not be able to replace fossil fuels in the future; however, with climate warming, and the cost increases in fossil fuels, biofuels will have to become a significant part of the long-term energy outlook for the planet." “Biofuels do pose severe risks to the environment if managed carelessly, but they also have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas levels, produce local sources of energy, and restore rural economies. Biofuels will not be able to replace fossil fuels in the future; however, with climate warming, and the cost increases in fossil fuels, biofuels will have to become a significant part of the long-term energy outlook for the planet.”

]]> By: Diana Nichollson http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/#comment-105 Diana Nichollson Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:45:02 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/#comment-105 People who know Mr. Murdoch expect that after the Dow Jones deal goes through in about three months, he'll focus on assuring the Journal staff that he won't destroy the paper. But enormous changes will follow down the road. "The paper you'll see in five years time will be quite different from what you're looking at today," says Ken Chandler, a media consultant and former Post editor in chief who worked for Mr. Murdoch for nearly 30 years. "It'll have a wider readership, and clearly the people who should be most worried about this should be the Times, because that's the competition." http://tinyurl.com/2z7pt People who know Mr. Murdoch expect that after the Dow Jones deal goes through in about three months, he’ll focus on assuring the Journal staff that he won’t destroy the paper. But enormous changes will follow down the road.

“The paper you’ll see in five years time will be quite different from what you’re looking at today,” says Ken Chandler, a media consultant and former Post editor in chief who worked for Mr. Murdoch for nearly 30 years. “It’ll have a wider readership, and clearly the people who should be most worried about this should be the Times, because that’s the competition.”

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]]> By: Diana Nichollson http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/#comment-104 Diana Nichollson Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:33:35 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/wednesday-night-1326/#comment-104 Russia's dramatic dive to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean this week to drop off the Russian flag was exactly what Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay called it: a brazen, old-fashioned attempt to grab territory. The harrowing feat will ultimately turn out to be more stunt than serious claim, we believe, but it should sound a warning note to Canada and others that Russia plans to be at the forefront of the race for the enormous deposits of minerals that could lie under the ocean, as well as for rights to shipping lanes and fishing rights. The Gazette http://tinyurl.com/2bd3kl Russia’s dramatic dive to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean this week to drop off the Russian flag was exactly what Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay called it: a brazen, old-fashioned attempt to grab territory.
The harrowing feat will ultimately turn out to be more stunt than serious claim, we believe, but it should sound a warning note to Canada and others that Russia plans to be at the forefront of the race for the enormous deposits of minerals that could lie under the ocean, as well as for rights to shipping lanes and fishing rights.
The Gazette http://tinyurl.com/2bd3kl

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