Posted: 17 June 2013   1 Comment

In a world where unemployment is becoming a global scourge, the debate on whether or not technology is destroying jobs is a critical human debate. At the same time, there is surely no turning the clock back - we can't go back to the "simple" (and dirty and unhygienic and brutal) days before technology. So how do we bridge the gap of a world made better by technology and the ...

17 June 2013

Automation is eliminating the need for people in many jobs. We’ve survived such changes before, but this time it might be different: are we facing a future ...

Youth unemployment soars in developed economies despite education

Dateline: 1 May 2020

It used to be safe to assume that if you worked hard at university and got a degree, you'd get a good job. Not anymore! Currently youth unemployment in ...

Posted: 11 June 2013  

Some analysts say that the US will become energy independent in a matter of years. Others argue that the shale oil and gas bonanza is going to dry up pretty quickly, and America will NEVER be independent from oil imports.

The future of oil and gas is uncertain, but this new report indicates that it might not be just the Americas that benefit from the new resources. Aside from Argentina, which ...

11 June 2013

A surge in oil and gas production from shale rock has transformed energy in the United States, helping reverse declines in oil production and prompting a ...

Unconventional oil and gas alters the geopolitical balance

Dateline: 4 July 2025

Over the last 20 years, North American oil and gas reserves have been boosted by the large scale exploitation of so-called unconventionals - mainly shale ...

Dateline: 18 September 2023

Technology has always driven the progress of manufacturing, from the first time one of our ancestors carved a flint tool, to the Industrial Revolution and beyond. We've seen the Information Age rewrite the rules of manufacturing. We've seen 3D printing revolutionize the way we make things, and even 4D manufacturing is now commonplace. But few imagined that the nanotechnology dream first articulated in 1986 by K. Eric Drexler with his seminal book 'Engines of Creation', the science of atomic-level ...

Dateline: 28 April 2023

The EU Climate Control Agency (CCA), known colloquially as the 'carbon police', has introduced proposals to tax the very air we breathe. Two decades of lower than expected global warming has been a brief respite, but carbon concentrations have continued to rise alarmingly. "It's clear that carbon taxes and emissions trading have not worked," says Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade. "The time has come for real action, touching every human in Europe, so that every breath we take is meaningful." It ...

Posted: 28 May 2013  

Here's the first real indication that China could be a future leader in carbon emissions reduction, just like we suggested in this 2005 MindBullet. They are certainly leaders in total emissions these days, and if it increases until 2025, it will be a huge mountain to climb down from, but technology should be on their side, at least.

28 May 2013

The dragon is quenching its fire. China, the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, wants its emissions to reach a peak by 2025.

Bold energy strategy targets pollution and leadership in world automotive industry

Dateline: 1 July 2008

Just four weeks before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China has played a trump card in global politics. China has taken the pollution bull by ...