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...unreasonably difficult, because of carbon dioxide's sheer ubiquity. In 2000, the U.S. emitted less than 18 million tons of the pollutant sulfur dioxide, chiefly from cars, power plants and factories. In the same year, national CO2 emissions reached nearly 6 billion tons, from virtually every aspect of modern life. Regulating emissions would be like trying to gather up the ocean. In addition, the Clean Air Act technically requires "major" sources of pollutants - meaning those that emit more than 250 tons a year - to acquire costly and time-consuming permits before building or expanding. Again, because carbon is so ubiquitous...
...delving into selections from the book. This reissue is based on an original version owned by Gus Sousa, a rare book collector and resident of Salem, Mass. The ’Poonsters admitted in the foreward that the nearly century-old work might not appeal to readers with more modern tastes, saying that if the work was not their “‘best’ parody,” it was certainly their “most inaccessible.” “Not that this should stop the well-intentioned, naive reader from making...
...Contrary to what many may believe, “Journey to Mecca” is not a documentary. Despite the note that much of its publicity has taken—emphasizing the inclusion of unprecedented footage of the modern Hajj, and invoking National Geographic as its chief patron—there is little about the film that aspires to an insightful portrayal of actual events. Instead, viewers are subjected to skeletal dramatic summary of the first voyage of Ibn Battuta, a Berber from 12th-century Tangiers, whose journal chronicles a lifetime of travel the scale of which outstrips the expeditions...
...this exclusive footage was buried while convincing the Saudis to allow the filming of the pilgrimage at all (especially of the Kaaba, where non-Muslims are forbidden). The segments of this footage are left, mostly, until the end, when Ibn’s experience is compared with that of modern pilgrims, to show the striking similarities. Neibaur seems to be telling us that Islam has aged considerably, but remains unchanged—an observation either criminally naïve, irresponsibly casual, or both...
...from God, my next inspiration comes from people, from engaging with people,” Burrell said. He added that social media, more than any other form of communication, excels in “shortening the distance between creator and consumer.” As a celebrity in the modern world where information is on-demand 24 hours a day, Burrell said that social media like Twitter allows him to interact directly with the 90,000 fans that follow it. “I would rather control my persona than to put my life or my persona in the hands...