Category Archives: Environment

Dry Season

April 30, 2012 – 11:59 am

E My wife Mam tells me that the water is running from the tap and the Sri Racha water authorities are promising no water shortages in the present heat wave, but in Pattaya old water mains are failing to keep up with demand and funky old water trucks are sucking the Jomtien lagoons dry. City [...]

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The World Minus Cars

April 23, 2012 – 10:41 am

The price of gas in Thailand is well over 40 baht a liter. In New York the cost per gallon is close to $4 several petroleum experts are predicting $200/barrel by summer’s end. That will push gas over $5 a gallon. Driving is already down from the heights of 2007 and public transit is booming [...]

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No More Cars

April 23, 2012 – 10:33 am
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Happy Earth Day Plus 1

April 23, 2012 – 10:28 am

Lately I’ve been arguing that the age of the car is coming to an end. Supporters of the meshing of fire, steel, and wheel guffaw my prediction. “Cars will always be with us.” Older adults are adamant about our addiction to cars without recognizing the generational shift in progress. “There are no cars in Star [...]

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Happy Planet Index

April 22, 2012 – 2:38 pm

Leaders of the Free World consider North Korea as a threat to world peace with good reason. Their intelligence organizations accuse the Hermit Nation of counterfeiting, drug trafficking, and rampant arms dealing as well as the Communist country’s pursuit of an intercontinental ballistic missile, however North Korea’s most recent launch was a failure and their [...]

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