Archive for November, 2011

Peak Oil: We are no longer finding enough oil to keep pace with the estimated demand outlook. In addition, the new oil discoveries are, for the most part, in much harder places to extract like deep oceans and oil sands. Natural gas could probably solve many of the world’s energy [...]

America, the land of the free, has become the largest incarcerator in the world. According to the US Department of Justice, in 2008, 1.6 million Americans were incarcerated in prisons; 785,000 were held in jails. That gives the United States an incarceration rate of 754 per 100,000, the highest in [...]

After a hard fought battle to resolve Europe’s debt crisis, key European leaders finally came together with bankers to offer Greece an incredible deal. European bankers would forgive half of Greece’s debt and a European rescue fund would continue to fund Greek debt in an effort to keep their interest [...]