Word: alarms
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...reason for the IEA's alarm is its expectation that economic development will raise global energy demands by about 50% in a generation, from today's 85 million barrels a day to about 116 million barrels a day in 2030. Nearly half that increase in demand will come from just two countries - China and India, which are electrifying hundreds of cities and putting millions of new cars on their roads, most driven by people who once walked, or rode bicycles and buses. By 2030, those two countries will be responsible for two-thirds of the world's carbon gas emissions...
...Most of the oil companies are going to be in an identity crisis, and need to redefine their business strategies," Birol says. The soul-searching may have already begun, as oil executives begin sounding the alarm about the supply crunch that lies ahead. Last week, Christophe de Margerie, CEO of the French oil giant Total, told the Financial Times that even the target of 100 million barrels a day is an optimistic one for an industry that currently produces 85 million - far short of the 116 million barrels a day the IEA projects will be needed by 2030 to fuel...
...When I was 11, I decided that my body had changed. I started wearing a bra (waste of money), shaving my legs (waste of time) and applying deodorant (this I could have done more frequently). The frequent nudity of my father, mother and two sisters began to alarm me, and I soon made it clear that it was inappropriate to appear without clothing in the presence of my overwhelming maturity. Thankfully, my family complied, save for one of my sisters, who remains naked to this day. My life went on a little more clothed, and their lives went...
Fisticuffs broke out in Lowell dining hall. Adams House’s “Sweet and Nasty” was derailed by a vindictive fire-alarm-puller. A male social organization actually convinced a female social organization, mid-mixer, to migrate from Mather to the Quad. Harvard must have been demonically possessed this past Halloween weekend. Or maybe the entire student body was temporarily transformed into Crimson party zombies, the dark red undead. Perhaps we just really, really like pretending we’re pirates? Whatever the reason, Halloween really brings out the best in Harvard?...
...Juba's potential is radiating beyond its borders, and a bustling cross-country trade is under way, as newly certified businessmen from Kenya and Uganda flood in, eyeing the oil riches and selling everything from eggs to cellphones. If the entrepreneurs are hearing war drums, they are not letting alarm get in the way of a lucrative deal...