Category Archives: Energy

We’re letting a serious crisis go to waste

Posted on Nov 14, 2010 by sim

“Never let a serious crisis go to waste.” A lot of people have come up with the basic notion, but White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was one of the most recent famous persons to invoke the basically valid … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts of the day

Posted on Jun 30, 2009 by sim

Apologies for the uncharacteristically long break since the previous post; I’m on semi-vacation and semi-disconnected from the Internet, counting down the days until switching seasons. I’ve also been visiting relatives, eating way (way!) too much, BBQ’ing almost every day, test … Continue reading →

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How resilient is modern society?

Posted on Apr 19, 2009 by sim

The answer in short, it seems, is “not very”. And that’s because modern societies are so massively reliant on two things: electricity and fossil fuels. Our dependence on electricity in particular and how vulnerable our delivery system for it is, … Continue reading →

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Food & fuel now officially competing

Posted on Jul 4, 2008 by sim

A leaked World Bank report pins biofuel production as the main cause for the rising food prices, which are obviously hitting the poor countries the hardest. The story is covered extensively in world media as well as Finnish media, so … Continue reading →

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The sweet smell of denial

Posted on May 28, 2008 by sim

Today the online version of Helsingin Sanomat is running a poll asking “Onko polttoaineiden hinnannousu oikein?” i.e. roughly “Are the rising fuel costs just?” or “Is it right that fuel prices rise?” – what an exceedingly dumb question. It’s not … Continue reading →

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