Preliminary investigations indicate that most of the country's ISPs cut Internet access within a 20-minute period, likely at the government's behest
By Larry Greenemeier | January 28, 2011 | 16"
See also the American Kill Switch Plan, CLICK HERE!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
How Was Egypt's Internet Access Shut Off?: Scientific American
How Was Egypt's Internet Access Shut Off?: Scientific American: "How Was Egypt's Internet Access Shut Off?
Preliminary investigations indicate that most of the country's ISPs cut Internet access within a 20-minute period, likely at the government's behest
By Larry Greenemeier | January 28, 2011 | 16"
See also the American Kill Switch Plan, CLICK HERE!
Preliminary investigations indicate that most of the country's ISPs cut Internet access within a 20-minute period, likely at the government's behest
By Larry Greenemeier | January 28, 2011 | 16"
See also the American Kill Switch Plan, CLICK HERE!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Landscapes of Extraction: Industrial Impacts Mar the Planet [Slide Show]: Scientific American
Landscapes of Extraction: Industrial Impacts Mar the Planet [Slide Show]: Scientific American
We Art Doomed!
Read the linked SciAm article for further information. Mountaintops leveled. Tar sands scraped and boiled. Water taps aflame. These are just a few of the ways that mankind's quest for fossil fuels manifests itself, beyond the obvious utility of being able to power a home or business or drive a car.
Industrialized civilization relies on coal, oil and natural gas—the stored sunlight collectively known as fossil fuels—for more than 80 percent of the energy that enables everything from driving to reading on a computer screen. For all its many benefits, that energy can also have hidden costs—invisible CO2 forming a thickening blanket in the atmosphere and causing climate change, asthma in inner cities, to name a few—along with the more visible impacts.
Industrialized civilization relies on coal, oil and natural gas—the stored sunlight collectively known as fossil fuels—for more than 80 percent of the energy that enables everything from driving to reading on a computer screen. For all its many benefits, that energy can also have hidden costs—invisible CO2 forming a thickening blanket in the atmosphere and causing climate change, asthma in inner cities, to name a few—along with the more visible impacts.
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