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New Environmental Assessment: Running out of Metaphors

Daniel published this entry on Wednesday 05 December, 2007 at 4:08 am. It's been filed in the environment + politics + propaganda category. {1 Comment}

If politics is built by language, there are words in the right policies, and a vacant silence in the tongue of the opposing policies.An excerpt from:
Stuck on Coal, and Stuck for Words in a High-Tech World - {NYTimes}
by | By Andrew C. Revkin, 12.4.2007
It��s no wonder that scientists immersed for decades in this problem are [...]

Lame Pagans Angered by Simpsons Chalk Mimicry

Daniel published this entry on Friday 27 July, 2007 at 5:49 pm. It's been filed in the advertisement + art + environment + stupid category. {Share Your Thoughts}

Pagans are mad that the likeness of a donut wielding homer has been painted near to a 17th century pagan fertility God known as the Cerne Abbas Giant. Homer appears to be aiming his donut for a certain proboscis.
Ann Bryn-Evans, joint Wessex district manager for The Pagan Federation, said: ��It��s very disrespectful and not at [...]

An Internet Carbon Footprint, and Poor Carbon Coverage

Daniel published this entry on Thursday 26 July, 2007 at 12:28 am. It's been filed in the environment + internet category. {1 Comment}

The carbon emissions of the internet is a topic too rarely mentioned. When it is, it’s a matter of ‘moral‘ business practices because data centers are such a closed off space of intense (but vital) power consumption. There’s no ‘certified organic’-like label for websites. Would it look like this?

Don Carli, a research fellow [...]