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Riled Up is a journal of science, the environment, exploration, new technology, and related commentary.  Contributors include scientists, explorers, engineers, and others who provide perspectives and context not typically offered in general news circulation.  For interested readers, additional resources are included.

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Optimist or pessimist?

Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post is at the Aspen Environment Forum. He says : A question in the air: Are you an optimist or a pessimist? You have to figure out how to feed 7 billion people reliably (a billion right now are going hungry or have inadequate nutrition; 3 billion live in poverty on less than 2 dollars a day), and give them clean drinking water, and sanitation, and then factor in population growth of an unknown degree (will we hit 9 billion? 10? 16?), and then factor in ...
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A short history of the world

My buddy Joel Achenbach at the Washington Post has given us a "cheat sheet" on the history of the entire world. Click to see it. Here are some highlights: Hunters and gatherers discovered that if they stopped hunting and gathering and grew crops instead, more people could live far more difficult lives.... The barbarians kept sacking Rome. Other cities got invaded, conquered, destroyed, but only Rome was allowed to be “sacked.” ... People dug up coal and burned it. ... Joel doesn't ...
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