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Oil production cuts: Fool me once...no, make that any number of times
LuthungZ 6:41 AM Add Comment

Oil production cuts: Fool me once...no, make that any number of times

The jawboning of oil prices by the Saudi Arabian/Russian tag team should be wearing off after more than a year of actions that don't mea...
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"Reform" won't solve our biggest problems
LuthungZ 7:07 AM Add Comment

"Reform" won't solve our biggest problems

"You never cure structural defects; you let the system collapse." As I contemplated this proposition taken from a recent piece by...
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Split personalities: We like some science, but not all of it
LuthungZ 7:47 AM Add Comment

Split personalities: We like some science, but not all of it

We modern folk are in a bind. We embrace what the sciences and the technology that flows from them have to offer, but we refuse to believe t...
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Living world: Should natural entities be treated as legal persons?
LuthungZ 7:31 AM Add Comment

Living world: Should natural entities be treated as legal persons?

This year the New Zealand parliament voted to give legal personhood to a river and provided for the appointment of two guardians to represe...
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Communications breakdown: Can we even talk about our environmental and energy problems?
LuthungZ 7:04 AM Add Comment

Communications breakdown: Can we even talk about our environmental and energy problems?

Conversations that seek genuine understanding by all sides ultimately require a common frame of reference. If we aren't talking about th...
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