China on Nukes - Build Baby Build!

SUBHEAD: Fukushima has put nuclear power on the radar for a populace that was previously focused on enjoying its benefits.By Kari Huus on 24 March 2011 for MSNBC -(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42219006/ns/world_news-asiapacific/#)Image above: Qinshan nuclear power plant starts expansion near Hangzhou Bay, Zhejiang Province in 2008. Two reactors operational by 2014. From (http://www.china.org.cn/

Earth's Scarcest Resource Is Time

SUBHEAD: In the event of a crisis, the US food supply would run out in three days.By Lester Brown on 23 March 2011 in The Nation - (http://www.thenation.com/video/159399/lester-brown-planets-scarcest-resource-time)Image above: Lester Brown in China. From (http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.com/2011/01/for-perspective.html).In this eleventh video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” from

The Race Is On

SUBHEAD: Whether oil soars or China swoons, the race to the bottom is on.By Guy McPherson on 14 March 2011 in Nature Bats Last -(http://guymcpherson.com/2011/03/the-race-is-on)Image above: "Chariot Race" to celebrate the 2762nd birthday of Rome. From (http://eternallycool.net/2009/04/games-in-honor-of-romes-2762nd-birthday).Everywhere I turn, I read and hear about $200 oil in the near future (

Chinese Draught Consequences

SUBHEAD: Lowest rainfall for 60 years in the North China Plain threatens wheat harvest, food prices and the global economy.By Peter Foster on 14 February 2011 for The Telegraph - (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/8321368/Chinas-drought-could-have-devastating-consequences.html)Image above: A Chinese farmer shows the dried vegetable seeds at his drought-striken fields in Zhouping,

2011 – A Pivotal Year?

SUBHEAD: The denials that significant change is coming continue.By Tom Whipple on 29 December 2010 in Falls Church News-Press - (http://www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/8133-the-peak-oil-crisis-2011--a-pivotal-year.html)Image above: The senior 2011 class at Duke University. From (http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/111207/depobs.html). Wall Street is getting nervous. As oil prices

War is the health of the state

SUBHEAD: Cynics think it better to watch the other nations of the world implode under the pressures of austerity than to let it happen here first.By David Weintraub on 9 December 2010 in The Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-9-2010-war-is-health-of-state.html)Image above: Logo for the reality show "Survivor" where anything goes to be the last one standing.

Fearful China Hacks the Web

SUBHEAD: WikiLeaks diplomatic cables reveal US and Google knew Chinese government was involved in vast worldwide hacking efforts.By James Glanz & John Markoff on 4 December 2010 for NYT -(http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/world/asia/05wikileaks-china.html)Image above: Chinese flag flies in front of Google's offices in that country. from (http://www.rferl.org/content/

China & Russia Quiting Dollar

SUBHEAD: The two countries will now use only their own currencies for bilateral trade.Image above: Vladimir Putin and Wen Jiabao shake in currency trade deal. From article.By Su Qiang and Li Xiaokun on 24 November 2010 in China Daily - (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/24/content_11599087.ht)China and Russia have decided to renounce the US dollar and resort to using their own currencies

No Time for Lullabies

SUBHEAD: Daydreams about nonexistent lifeboat ecovillages share a common purpose, as lullabies disguised as solutions.Image above: Architect's rendering of Dubai's 2009 proposed "Food City" self-sustainable ecotopia. From (http://inhabitat.com/a-utopian-vision-for-food-city-dubai).By John Michael Greer on 24 November 2010 in ArchdruidReport - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2010/11/

A talk with James Kunstler

SUBHEAD: "The world is going to get rounder and bigger again" - James Howard Kunstler.By Chris Martenson on 17 November 2010 in ChrisMartenson.com - (http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/straight-talk-jim-kunstler-coming-cluster/47864)Image above: "Flat Earth" computer illustration. From (http://redstaplerchronicles.com/how-keith-olbermann-could-cost-obama-the-election).This week's Straight Talk

China Limits 'Rare Earth' exports

SUBHEAD: China plans to limit exports of rare-earth metals vital to alternative energy technology and electronics.Image above: The secretive Baiyun Obo mine is the world's biggest mine and the largest single source of rare-earths. From (http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-rare-earth-elements-and-their-supply.html).[Publisher's note: This news has been anticipated for some time. In

Biggest Rivers in the World

Rivers are always a fantastic feature of Nature. Some of Earth's rivers are really big and actually pass through several different countries. I'll make a quick list with the World's biggest rivers.

Amazon River (world biggest river)

• Length (km): 6,937.08
• Length (miles): 4,300
• Drainage area (km²): 6,915,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 219,000
• Outflow: Atlantic Ocean
• Countries in the drainage basin: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana

Nile River (world second biggest river)

• Length (km): 6,650
• Length (miles): 4,132
• Drainage area (km²): 3,349,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 5,100
• Outflow: Mediterranean Sea
• Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yangtze River (world third biggest river)

• Length (km): 6,300
• Length (miles): 3,917
• Drainage area (km²): 1,800,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 31,900
• Outflow: East China Sea
• Countries in the drainage basin: China

Mississippi – Missouri River (world forth biggest river)

• Length (km): 6,275
• Length (miles): 4,300
• Drainage area (km²): 2,980,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 16,200
• Outflow: Gulf of Mexico
• Countries in the drainage basin: United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)

Yenisei – Angara – Selenga River (world fifth biggest river)

• Length (km): 5,539
• Length (miles): 4,300
• Drainage area (km²): 2,580,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 19,600
• Outflow: Kara Sea
• Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Mongolia

Biggest Rivers in the World

Rivers are always a fantastic feature of Nature. Some of Earth's rivers are really big and actually pass through several different countries. I'll make a quick list with the World's biggest rivers.

Amazon River (world biggest river)

• Length (km): 6,937.08
• Length (miles): 4,300
• Drainage area (km²): 6,915,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 219,000
• Outflow: Atlantic Ocean
• Countries in the drainage basin: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana

Nile River (world second biggest river)

• Length (km): 6,650
• Length (miles): 4,132
• Drainage area (km²): 3,349,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 5,100
• Outflow: Mediterranean Sea
• Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yangtze River (world third biggest river)

• Length (km): 6,300
• Length (miles): 3,917
• Drainage area (km²): 1,800,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 31,900
• Outflow: East China Sea
• Countries in the drainage basin: China

Mississippi – Missouri River (world forth biggest river)

• Length (km): 6,275
• Length (miles): 4,300
• Drainage area (km²): 2,980,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 16,200
• Outflow: Gulf of Mexico
• Countries in the drainage basin: United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)

Yenisei – Angara – Selenga River (world fifth biggest river)

• Length (km): 5,539
• Length (miles): 4,300
• Drainage area (km²): 2,580,000
• Average discharge (m³/s): 19,600
• Outflow: Kara Sea
• Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Mongolia