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...Environmental Entrepreneurs "How business saw the light" [Jan. 15] stated, "2006 was the year corporations began acting as if their existence - like the rest of the planet's - was tied to the environment," but failed to mention the obvious motivator, rising oil prices. The article complained that "the Federal Government dragged its feet on alternative energy" without recognizing that taxpayers should be grateful, since venture capitalists are pouring billions into green technologies. Free markets work. Low-priced oil increases greenhouse gases; high-priced oil leads to economically viable alternatives. We tilt at windmills when we ignore this simple economic fact...
...have actually grown more than 8% since 1990, a pattern reflected in Kyoto itself, where the number of cars increased from 1.3 million in 1990 to 2 million in 2002. The nation as a whole will need to slash emissions about 14% to achieve its targets. Which raises the obvious question: If ultra-efficient Japan can't wean itself from the carbon habit, what hope does the rest of the world have...
...the lawyers of ancient Rome who came up with the modern definition of fatherhood: Mater semper certa est; pater est quem nuptiae demonstrant (rough translation: The mother is obvious; the father is the one she was married to when the child was born). The Romans, however, didn't have access to genetic testing. Dylan Davis did. A few months after his divorce in 2000, Davis, 36, a software engineer in Denver, took a DNA test to confirm a nagging suspicion that he was not the biological father of his 6-year-old twins. The negative test results...
...obvious candidate for recoupling - for something that reduces the world's economy to the miserable level of its politics - is a preventive strike against Iranian nuclear installations, with all the global repercussions that would imply. Israel might like to launch one, but cannot; the U.S. could do so, but will not, given the debilitating unfinished business in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet even if a catastrophic war is unlikely, the world remains a dangerous place - made more dangerous by the condition of its prime power. The U.S. is today what Britain was during the first globalization: the anchor of the liberal...
winezap.com Wondering what wine goes best with that new recipe you just found? Besides listing wines by region, type, price and rating, this online sommelier suggests food-and-wine pairings. In addition to obvious combinations, like a mellow Cabernet with a rare filet mignon, Winezap recommends unlikely matches, like Barolo with curried dishes. The full-bodied Italian red, it explains, will accentuate the heat of the dish rather than tone it down...