Iran: As I've posted previously, I've been keeping my eyes on Iran's nuclear developments.
This week, Iran made it clear that they will resume their full pursuit of nuclear technology.
Money 'graf:
Iran has previously tended to push the limit in its dealings with the international community over its nuclear program, and then retreat, carefully reading the responses and the red lines of its negotiating partners. But recently Tehran's tactics have become much more aggressive, and it does not seem likely that it will back down from its enrichment program. There is still room for maneuver: Iran has yet to start actually spinning the centrifuges to enrich uranium gas, and could agree under pressure to voluntarily desist from turning on the machines for a little while longer. But with the current mood towards Tehran in capitals around the world that kind of gesture may not be enough.
So what now? How do we deal with an Iran that is intent on acquiring nuclear capability?
If I can tear you away from the God post for a moment, I'd love to hear some ideas.
Update: And now this.
Update Update: And this too.
This week, Iran made it clear that they will resume their full pursuit of nuclear technology.
Money 'graf:
Iran has previously tended to push the limit in its dealings with the international community over its nuclear program, and then retreat, carefully reading the responses and the red lines of its negotiating partners. But recently Tehran's tactics have become much more aggressive, and it does not seem likely that it will back down from its enrichment program. There is still room for maneuver: Iran has yet to start actually spinning the centrifuges to enrich uranium gas, and could agree under pressure to voluntarily desist from turning on the machines for a little while longer. But with the current mood towards Tehran in capitals around the world that kind of gesture may not be enough.
So what now? How do we deal with an Iran that is intent on acquiring nuclear capability?
If I can tear you away from the God post for a moment, I'd love to hear some ideas.
Update: And now this.
Update Update: And this too.
posted by Joshua @ 7:39 PM
2 Comments:
Does this seriously bother nobody but me?
In terms of intra-city matters, I would probably agree that there are certain efficiencies of scale that the suburbs and rural areas can not match.
But that's not the whole picture. The eggs I ate the other morning had to travel about 500 feet from our chicken coop to my plate. The turkey we had for Thanksgiving had to travel that same 500 feet.
I would wager that whatever food most city folk are eating, it had to travel more than 500 feet. In fact, all the food required to feed eight million New Yorkers probably traveled a cumulative distance of tens of thousands of miles.
The end of cheap oil doesn't just mean the suburbs die and the cities remain the same size with no side effects. It means that the cost of transporting goods to cities will skyrocket.
Before the beginning of the oil age, we had one billion humans on the planet. Now we have nearly seven billion, most of that growth coming in cities. Coincidence?
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