Interesting articles: energy, web 2.0 and more
Lighter, but relevant reading
- Imagine world without Internet, horrible! Productivity down to 10 percent of the usual level. It did happen in Asia after earthquake destroyed undersea cable, see NYT article the day the pixels froze.
- Oil empires’ dreams gone with the wind (alternative energy). Check this NYT article.
- Insiders sell stocks, does it signal trobiles ahead, check Times article.
- Is Iran running out of oil, if so maybe they do need nuclear power after all, see WP article.
- Check the recent top IT advances selected by MIT Technology Review. You cannot escape this revolution, it will chase you, on Google Earth.
- Bill Ives thoughts on enterprise 2.0.
- Mashable 2007 predictions. Get ready for the year of social networking.
3 responses to "Interesting articles: energy, web 2.0 and more"
Judging from the difficulties with using wind energy at peak times, and rather inefficient storage of the off-peak wind energy described in the article, I would say oil empires’ dreams are safe for now, at least as far as this alternative power source is concerned.
You are right, TODAY. But in not too distant future there will be a price, a heavy one, put on carbon emissions due to gree house effect(think about this Xmas in Warsaw, snow is gone, or about panic in Alps, many slopes are green. Wind is free, bigger generator are being built, network is optimnized for bigger areas. Wind, sun and most importantly human ability to innovate will soon (I define soon as < 20 years) eliminate our dependence on oil. Of course between now and then the barrel of oil could cost 200 dollars. Oil empires should use this oil revenues wisely, it will be their last.
Ok reposting, maybe will do better without tags.
The energy topic is fun to follow, but contains two branches that I find of equal interest, not just the one related to energy sources:
1. SUPPLY
“..and most importantly human ability to innovate will soon (I define soon as
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